Activity 3 - Blog Reflections
Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?
I think that using search engines will be more effective than using invisible web databases. This is because search engines like Google.com are convenient and very popular among everybody. Although invisible web databases returns useful and reliable results that are published by professional authors, but it only searches a specific database, while search engines search for almost everything possible.
Name ONE database which you will use for your research topic. Why?
I will use EBSCOHOST database for my research topic. This is because the returned results are relevant and up-to-date. The articles are all rounded as it covers all areas of my research topic because they are published by professional authors, thus making the articles reliable.
Name ONE more database which you will use for your course. How will you use this database for your course?
For my course, Interactive Media Informatics, I will use the IEEE Computer Society Pick5 Package database. IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading membership organization for computing professional. Since my course is IT-related, hence by using IEEE, it will allow me to find relevant articles. There are several publications that will be useful to me, such as IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE Internet Computing and IEEE MultiMedia. I will use this database when I cannot find the results that I want from Google.
