reflection 6

a.    Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?

From some ways yes, because all of the Research Databases Research result can be classified, and then classify all the good results into the database, so our search is very helpful, especially for our topic , this allows us to not have many answers in the filter, as long as we choose in the database we need a few branches, but in some ways not, because the search of a purpose would be more convenient, but no purpose search of little help, some people find they need not determine what it is, so they can not be used this way, because in that case in terms of his efficiency will be lower, they need to use search engines search for answers, or use meta-search or subject directories, so they can be faster in terms of clear objectives, and then use the research databases will be more convenient.

b.    Name ONE database which you will use for your research topic. Why?

For my topic, i will choose Global Issues in Context (GIC), because this database insights and information on issues such as business and economy, environment and climate change, and there are environmental issues including global, and they will receive a new newspaper headline to summarize, this could make me faster to find what I wanted. But in practice, I will use subject directory to search for other answers to help me improve my topic.

c.    Name ONE more database which you will use for your course. How will you use this database for your course? 

        

                       

                        For my course, i will choose ProQuest Science & Sociology, because there included engineering, although EBSCOhost Databases also has included engineering, but because of EBSCOhost Databases category too, the search would be more messy, we learn that intelligent building technology. These things are not in many categories, even if there is a very one-sided, so I need to use the subject directory to help me found the useful information on my course.

reflection 4

meta-search engine or subject directory is more effective in helping you find resources related to your research topic, because the two search engines have classified the answer. So whenever we enter the key words, these two search engines will be classified as good search results are displayed, that would be more convenient to our screening. If only the search engines rather than meta-search engine or subject directory, but the answer listed, and not classified, so the result is chaos, chaos we need to choose their answer in the result is a very troublesome work , meta-search engine and subject directory is not the same way, meta-search engine without their own search engine, which search other search engines is to answer, then the answer is classified, but is its own subject directory search engine, and the answers have been classified as completed, so the meta-search engine or subject directory can help us find what we want faster results.