Unit 2 Assignment 2 - Topic Development

1) Your topic string
a. Bachelor of Science (1/2 point)

b. Chemistry, Biology (1/2 point)

c. Health Sciences (1 point)

d. Medical worker (1/2 point)

e. Pharmacist (1/2 point)

2) Think of two questions that you could ask about your topic

a. What classes do I have to take to graduate with this major? (1/2 point)

b. What is the best minor to get with Health Sciences if I am planning on becoming a Pharmacist? (1/2 point)

Unit 1 Part 2 - Explore and Evaluate the Web

How is a URL put together?
A URL is put together with a HyperText Transfer Protocol, Server Address, and a File Name.

What do the parts mean?
HyperText Transfer Protocol means that you can include pictures, graphics and texts. It is the protocol by which you have web connection.
Server Address is location on the network of the computer that has the website information.
File Name is name of the file on the server with it's information.

Unit 1 Part 2- Exploring and Evaluating the Web

1. Research Log Entry – 4 points

1. What question did you try to answer? How much do pharmacists get paid?
   
2. What terms did you select to begin? pharmacist salary, pharmacist income
   
3. What web search engine or engines did you use? google.com , yahoo.com , ask.com
   
4. Search techniques
1. What search terms did you use? pharmacist, average salaries, pharmacy technician
   
2. What search techniques did you try? I used "pharmacist or technician" or so I could narrow my search down.
   
5. Evaluation
1. How did you evaluate your results? I checked for years on the web pages so I could tell if they were up to date. I also checked to see if the websites were written or authorized by governments or people who were actually involved in medical studies or things that have to do with money so I could tell if they were true.
2. What conclusions did you draw about the different search engines?
   

i. what was the same? Some of the websites that were given were the same.

ii. what was different? On ask.com it gave more choices on the side bar so I could find more results where as yahoo and google just had the set results.

iii. Differences in numbers of results. Ask and Google had more results for me because of the way I was searching. If I kept typing in more words then they would have similar results. Ask.com Just has a lot more choices on the side bar.

3. Why do you think the search engines behaved as they did? I think the search engines behaved differently because they are ran by different companies so they are set up in their own ways.
   
5. What other questions came into your mind as you carried out this exercise? Why don't people delete old web pages that are not any good anymore; especially when they just give false information?
   

2. Research Log Entry – 1 point

1. Create a Research Log Entry to answer the following questions:
1. What is Delicious? Delicious is a web site that you can use and download so that you can share bookmarks from one computer to another.
   
2. What is the advantage of this Web 2.0 tool? One advantage is that you can share bookmarks with friends and see what bookmarks other people have used. So if you are working on a report and other people are too, you can share pages that you are using for information. Or you can just use it for sharing web pages in general.
   
3. Do you think you might use it? If so, why? If not, why not? It is possible that I would use it because we have more than one computer in my house, so when I use the other computers and I bookmark things, I could see them from my laptop.
   

Unit 1, Part 1 - Concepts for Effective Searching

II. Research Log Activity and Entry – 4 points

• What question did you try to answer? (1/2 point) What schools have good pharmacy technician programs?
• What search engine or engines did you use? (1/2 point) I used Google.
• Questions about your search (1 point)
• What search terms did you use? "pharmacy technician schools"
• How many results did you get when you entered your terms? I got 967,000 results.
• How many did you get when you used OR? I got 457,000 when I used or in my search.
• Which set was bigger? It was bigger when I didn't use the "or" in my phrase.
• Can you figure out why? I assume I got better results when I didn't use the word "or" because it had less words to search for.
• Evaluation (1 point)
• What questions did you use to evaluate your results? How current is the date? Are they endorsed by a reputable organization? How is the information presented?
• What conclusion did you draw about the value of the site and why? I decided after looking at the listings on the site and using it to check out other colleges, that it is a helpful site.It is updated frequently and has useful tips for attending schools both in and out of our state.
• Having conducted this research activity, what questions came into your mind that you could use to continue your exploration? (1 point) What is the best minor to get with a major in Health Care?

Unit 1, Part 1 - Concepts for Effective Searching

I. Research Log Entry – 1 point

1. Which did you know already? I already knew about Boolean operators.
2. Which were new to you? I knew most of the evaluation methods, but I learned more in depth in the relevance and scope section.

1. If you were given a research assignment and you chose the web as one strategy for your search, name three important evaluation elements you need to consider.

1. Credibility
2. Accuracy
3. Quality