วันจันทร์ที่ 19 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Exercise 5

1.Write the database of the hotel(similar to the library database).-

Number

- Name & Surname

- Telephone Number

- Address- Include breakfast

- Room Type

- Number of people

- Rate

- Signature

2.Go to the library website search for the bibliographic of database books in the library catalog(OPAC = online publice access catatog).


- Business Source Premier Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.


3. Go to the library e-book data base, search for the articles about data base from pro quest ABI/Inform, dissertation & thesis


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Exercise 4

1. Where can you find information about Nobel Prize ? Who get the Nobel Prize this year ?






- I can search on http://www.nobelprize.org/



- Named Charles K. Kao
Standard Telecommunication Laboratories Harlow, United Kingdom; Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China



- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009






2. Go to Encyclopedia Online at http://library.spu.ac.th Search for the history of automobiles or computer. Summarize the information you get



- The first computers were people! That is, electronic computers (and the earlier mechanical computers) were given this name because they performed the work that had previously been assigned to people. "Computer" was originally a job title: it was used to describe those human beings (predominantly women) whose job it was to perform the repetitive calculations required to compute such things as navigational tables, tide charts, and planetary positions for astronomical almanacs. Imagine you had a job where hour after hour, day after day, you were to do nothing but compute multiplications. Boredom would quickly set in, leading to carelessness, leading to mistakes. And even on your best days you wouldn't be producing answers very fast. Therefore, inventors have been searching for hundreds of years for a way to mechanize (that is, find a mechanism that can perform) this task. In 1617 an eccentric (some say mad) Scotsman named John Napier invented logarithms, which are a technology that allows multiplication to be performed via addition. The magic ingredient is the logarithm of each operand, which was originally obtained from a printed table. But Napier also invented an alternative to tables, where the logarithm values were carved on ivory sticks which are now called Napier's Bones. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) made drawings of gear-driven calculating machines but apparently never built any.








3. What is the difference between general book and reference book ?- The distinction between a book and a reference book can be confusing. Some books that you might "reference" are still considered "books" for the purposes of citation. For example, the MLA Handbook, APA Publication Manual, and other writing style books would be treated as "books" in your bibliography.Reference books are used to find factual information on a subject, and are not usually read all the way through or chapter by chapter. In a K-12 library, reference books are usually located in a special reference collection area, and cannot be checked out. Reference books include dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, almanacs, atlases, and directories.As a side note, in APA, the reader must also distinguish between reference books and what are called "annual periodicals." For example, consider a yearbook (which looks like a reference work). Annual periodicals often resemble edited books. To tell the difference, look at the publication's subtitle. If the subtitle changes annually, it should be treated as an edited book or reference work. If there is no subtitle, or the subtitle does not change year to year, it should be treated as an annual periodical.








4. When do you need to search information from the reference collection ?-





When I want to know the information about the History Background, it related to the topics.








5. What type of reference collection that you like to use most ? And why ?- Dictionary





because I can improve my English vocabularies

วันอาทิตย์ที่ 20 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Exercise 3


1.Journal & Magazine
A journal, or periodical, is a publication which is produced on a continuing basis, for example weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually. Some journals are published irregularly


- Give example
Journal : Examples of Diary or Journal Entrie


August 26, 1963


Today I found out I was going to an integrated school. I feel my life will be better, but I am also worried of what the kids will think of me. Their parents are very upset and protesting outside the school. I have mixed feelings about it. I know that if I want to fulfill my dream of becoming a black lawyer, I will need a great education and have to work hard. My life will be nothing without education.



Magazine

: seventeen

:ELLE

:OK Magazine

:knock knock



2. DC & LC classification


DC
The DC attempts to organize all knowledge into ten main classes. The ten main classes are each further subdivided into ten divisions, and each division into ten sections, giving ten main classes, 100 divisions and 1000 sections
LC
Listed below are the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification.
Examples
M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC - WP version
N -- FINE ARTS - WP version
P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - WP version
Q -- SCIENCE - WP version
R -- MEDICINE - WP version
S -- AGRICULTURE - WP version
T -- TECHNOLOGY - WP version
U -- MILITARY SCIENCE - WP version
V -- NAVAL SCIENCE - WP version
Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION



3. Access the Library website : What is the call number?


A call number is a group of numbers and/or letters put together to tell you where in the library to find your book.- A call number is located at the bottom of the book on the spine. It helps you to find your books quicker.Once you've got your call number from the card catalog, it's time to go find your book!


4. What are sources of knowledge? Identify as mush as you know.


There are four sources of knowledge, viz., instinct, reason, intuition
Instinct
When an ant crawls in your right arm, the left arm automatically moves towards the right arm to drive away the ant. The mind does not reason there. When you see a scorpion in front of your leg, you withdraw your leg automatically
Reason
Reason is higher than instinct and is found only in human beings. It collects facts, generalises, reasons out from cause to effect, from effect to cause ( a priori and a posteriori methods of reasoning), from premises to conclusions, from propositions to proofs. It concludes, decides and comes to judgment.
Intuition
Intuition is spiritual Anubhava. Knowledge through functioning of Karana-Sarira is intuition.
Atma-Jnana
-Jnana is above intuition. It transcends the Karana-Sarira. It is the highest form of Knowledge. It is the only Reality.


5. What do you read this week?

this week , I read seventeen magazine , Ok magazine and bangkok post newspaper

วันจันทร์ที่ 7 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Exercise 2

1. what is information literacy skills ?


1. Defining your problem and asking the good questions
What is my thesis or problem?
What information do I need?
What do I already know?
What more do I need to find out?
Remember: Try to make the most out of any research problem. The better your question, the more you will learn. For more information about defining a problem and asking good questions, read http://www.joycevalenza.com/questions.html and Dr. Jamie McKenzie's Questioning.org

2. Information seeking strategies?
Where can I find the information I need? Which are the best possible sources? Which databases are the best choices?
Which types of sources will best help me solve my information problem? Which sources do I already have?
Do I need help to find the resources or to make sure I haven't overlooked any critical sources?
Follow these links more information on searching and appropriate internet search tools and our catalog and licensed databases.

3. Selecting and evaluating your resources
How can I search these sources effectively?
After reading, can I identify better keywords or subject headings to refine my electronic search?
Do the resources I found really answer my questions or offer evidence to support my thesis?
Have I carefully examined my selected sources for significant details and concepts?
Have I examined my sources for currency, relevance, accuracy, credibility, appropriateness and and bias?
Can I defend all of the resources I am considering for inclusion in my works consulted page?
Does the scope, depth and quality of my research meet my teacher's and my own expectations?
How will I credit my sources?
(For more information about citing sources check out our online MLA stylesheet. For more information on evaluating your sources, take a look at Evaluating Sources of Information and How to Critically Analyze Information Sources)

4. Organizing and restructuring information
How much of the information I collected is truly relevant?
Do I see any patterns emerging in the information I collected?
How can I organize this information so that it makes sense to myself and others? Do I have a strategy for notetaking?
Can I construct a visual tool or written outline to help me structure my work?
Have I solved my information problem and answered the related questions?
Do I have enough information?
(Check out the Graphic Organizer Index, NCREL's Graphic Organizers, and SCORE's Graphic Organizers for ideas on organizing the information you collect.)

5. Communicating the results of your research
Who is my audience?
How can I most effectively share this information with this audience?
Which would be the best format for communicating the results of my information? PowerPoint? video? essay? debate? speech? traditional paper?
What do I need to do this presentation? Equipment? Software?
Have I included everything I want to share?
Have I proofread, edited and truly finished my project?
(Purdue's Online Writing Lab has a variety of resources that will help you create a finished product. Here's a list of sites that will help improve your presentation skills.)

6. Evaluating your work
The product:
Am I proud of the product? Was it effective?
Did I meet the guidelines or follow the rubric for the project?
Am I sure I did not plagiarize from any of my sources?
Is the best work I could have done?
The process:
Did I explore the full scope of available resources and select the best?
Did I approach the research process energetically?
Did I search electronic resources (the Web and licensed databases) using effective, efficient, strategic search strategies?


2. what is SQRW ?

S stands for Survey: That is what you need to do with each chapter in your textbook. Survey the title, the pictures, the graphs, maps or tables if any, the introduction, summary and conclusion.This will give you an overall grasp of what the chapter is about.

Q stands for Question: Ask questions in your mind and you’ll find you stay focused when reading and it also makes for better remembering. Don’t question the summary, introduction or conclusion – do it with everything else. Ask why, who, where, when, what and how! R stands for

Read: So read to understand, read to answer the questions in your mind and read to remember.As you answer each question, make sure you stay focused on the subject.

W stands for Write: Tthat’s what you’ve got to do in your book. Write each question and answer down and read through it carefully. Voilà you’re ready to participate in your class discussions




3. Use Big 6 skills(step1-6) of the topic you know best.

step 1 Define problems, information requirement.

- the topic is movie

Step 2: Information Seeking Strategies

- movie
- Searching on the Internet

Step 3: Location and Access

- www.google.com , http://www.majorcineplex.com/

Step 4: Use of Information

- Read from www.google.com( The research from the internet )

Step 5: Synthesis : Putting it all together

- Drama movie
- Detective movie
- Comedy movie
- Scary movie
- 3D movie
- love story movie

Step 6: Evaluation

my best topic is love story movie because I can get a lot of information from
http://www.majorcineplex.com/

วันจันทร์ที่ 31 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Exercise 1

1. what do you just read?

It's about the love story of the teenager which is " prince of war " ( the title of the book )


2. why imagination is more important than knowledge ?

We usually can imagination wahtever we want but knowledge we must learn by myself.


3. why do you seek for information ?

I seek for the information because I want to know more about information and to know what is going on in this world.


4. what topic do you know best ?

I am actually interesting in movies especailly romatics and detectives.


5. what websites do you like most? why?

I like to search on http://www.google.com/ because this website offer me the information around the would in which I would like to know.