Class Time

While in class my professor has used much of the time previously showing us and going over how to use the Todd Library and it's search engines. This was very useful in my research because this helped me with choosing the correct search engine ad even how to reduce the amount of hits by choosing my search words more clearly. She made it easier to follow and how to avoid accident from popping up and even how to narrow down the search terms. Without her showing us how to use the website I would be so lost, confused, and even frustrated trying to use the Todd Library. This website has shown to be much more information and more educational over than other search engines such as Bing and Google.

interesting things about my topic

One of the most interesting things about my topic was thinking about how some of the shows and t.v. shows show how a killer can get away with murder and how to beat the system! Shows such as CIS, Criminal Justice, and Law and Order , just to name a few, show how to do just that, I'm not even talking about some of the movies that they show these days! These shows show how to get away from the law and how these criminals don't get caught. They show how to do something without getting busted for the crime. There are too many t.v. shows and movies that may lead to an eventual killing spree in the future.

Research Proposal

While writing my research proposal I found that I narrowed my topic down and thinking down in a way. My first paper topic that I thought that I was going to use was What is it that makes serial killers kill? My teacher pointed out that they're aren't may serial killers to begin with, and pointed out how the entertainment media effects or may affect upcoming or future serial killers. So as I revised my paper my current question reads as follows, "Is media entertainment a training film for killers?" i find this to be much mor einteresting and a lot more clear. This also narrows down my question. i find this topic will be very intersting to search and to find information about as well as my reader to follow and to read.

outline for project 5

Today my teacher handed out the outline for our last assignment which is project-5 documented argument essay. My summary of this project would be to persuade my reader the validity of my paper. This is a persuasive essay supported by evidence by scholarly articles that states my position on my topic. The paper must be in MLA format including any information that we recieve and that we use towards our paper. We must include 3 books and 5 academic journals in our paper. The articles that we decide to use must be appropriate to our topic we must make sence and we should explain why we are using that article. The paper must meet a 2500-3000 word requirement. Our first draft should not be turned in as our "first draft".

project one

My first writing assignment of the class was the editorial assignment. I found it tricky to keep up on the blogs, do the paper assignments and at the same to keep researching all at the same time. With all that said and done we all had to revise our finals because they would have mostly have received F's on the papers. By revising my paper for the fourth time I received a C which I was relived because I was thinking the worse. This first paper had to be in APA format which i rarely have ever used to write papers in. That was also very difficult for me to do as well. While I was looking over my graded paper that my teacher had handed back to me I had found some silly mistakes that could have been avoided by reading my paper aloud.

search engines

Throughout my researching I have come across many articles that aren't relevant to my topic at all. I have learned to not only read the title of the article but to also click into the link and to read partial of the actual article. Some of the hits that the computer picks up are ridiculous. One or two words can pick up over 1200 hits alone. By looking through and actually reading or even skimming the article can lead to much more appropriate and even useful information. Most of the hits that the computer picks up are not what you are looking for and there are better hits out there that are more useful. By narrowing your search down for example by looking under a psychology or social search engine will also be very healpful.

library assignment

Today our class met in the APC building, in a room with computers. We were allowed to use these computers to complete an in class assignment. This assignment was related to our final research paper. We had to under mywcc and into the Todd library to complete this mission. This assignment had us realistically narrow down out topic and find the word or words that would be our primary search engine topic. After that we had to search these terms under different search engines and see how many hits we got and how many of those were relevant, on the first page. The words that ended up to be my final search engines were the words serial killer and media entertainment. This assignment was very helpful and even useful in my essay. It also familiarized with the website and search engines.