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Complete the assignment below. E-mail
your answers using this link blick@latech.edu.
Homework for Indexes Section Pick any topic that interests you and about which you would like to learn more. Use each of the indexes with links on the Journalism 222 Indexes pages to find information about that topic. Be sure to use the index structure (working your way down through the levels) rather than the search feature on each site. Answer the questions below about your efforts. 1) What was your topic? 2) How many useful sites you did you find through each index? a) About.com -- b) Academic Info -- c) Galaxy -- d) Librarian's Internet Index -- e) Open Directory Project -- f) Pandia Plus -- 3) Sometimes you will find the same site or sites appearing in more than one index. How many useful sites appeared in a) all six of the indexes -- b) five of the indexes -- c) four of the indexes -- d) threeof the indexes -- e) two of the indexes -- f) only one index -- 4) a) Which of these indexes would you be most likely to use for future research? b) Explain in a paragraph or two why you chose that one. c) List the path of categories that you followed to find useful sites on that index. 5) a) Which of these indexes would you be least likely to use for future research? b) Explain in a paragraph or two why you chose that one. |