Blog HW 3/14

I choose to use the Proquest Research Library. I haven't used that database before, I always stick to Galileo. The Proquest database was a little confusing. I really didn't like it, only because it wasn't straight to the point like Galileo. Proquest, sometimes the information that you are looking for doesn't come up in one search. You definitely have to use key searches, I think. Like stated before it wasn't that helpful for me because with Galileo you can find books, articles, and websites in a second unlike Proquest you have do a couple of searching techniques. The searching technique that I use the most is quotations. I feel that it helps the most because it searches exactly what I want. I did use my research topic 'Fashion around the world' for the search. I used quotations and it really didn't help on Proquest. I did not find any new information that I could use for my research.

3/5 BlogPost

Twitter: http://www.divasinc.co.za/2013/03/fashion-week-fever/#.UTSCQCNEmas.twitter
Newsvine: http://leejaywalker.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6738562-japanese-fashion-buzzing-with-spirit-and-energy-in-tokyo
Reddit:  http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/fashion-week-in-dubai

 

The tools that I choose to use were Twitter, Newsvine, and Reddit. I have never used Newsvine or Reddit to do any searching, these sources were pretty good to use. Yes, these tools were useful for finding information on my topic. I searched fashion and of course on a social media website such as Twitter there was a lot of information and links I could have chosen from. Surprisingly, I thought that Newsvine would not have anything on my topic but they I did found an article on the Japanese fashion. Most of the articles or blogs that I did find were about the previous fashion week that was held in different countries such as Paris and Dubai. Reddit and Newsvine would probably be more useful for me if I needed some research or another type of source to look at but Twitter would most-likely be used for my interest. My purpose for using social media is for entertainment. I mostly use it when I'm bored or looking for someone. The social media that I use all the time is Instagram! I love it, I like to look at pictures that people post. :) 

2/26 Blog Post

http://blogs.worldbank.org/youthink/what-makes-person-good-we-asked-teens-around-world


This article is titled What makes a person good? We asked teens from around the world. This article wants to know what is there to consider whether someone is a good person, what are the qualities. This article surveys children and teens around the world to see what they consider a 'good girl/boy' and a 'bad girl/boy'. Girls that were surveyed between the ages of 12-17 from Bhutan say that a 'good girl' is "a very reliable daughter; she can take care of the house and at the same time behave outside as well."I think the author of this article is stating an opinion. I feel as though it is just a question and people want to know the answer to so the author gets different opinions to support his question. I'm not too sure if this article had any logical fallacies.

Presearch

 Presearch helped to refine my topic and broaden it because my specific topic was to narrow so therefore I had to broaden it and I also narrowed the countries I have chosen to do research on, which are Paris, Japan, Africa, and of course the United States. I still need to broaden my topic because it does not answer some of the 'who, what, when, why, or how'. I am not exactly sure what my exact topic is any ore but I will definitely have the same research. One of the books that I have chosen to check is called Paris Fashion. Call # GT887.S74 1988

Process of Research

      The research process has different because during class I do research on the Galileo site and the other academic research engines. During class I try take advantage of the exclusive search engines because I'm not able retrieve them on my own and because they have lots of valuable information. One thing that I am confused about is Special Collection section, it is hard to use because are not many different collections to use in my research. Also, being able differentiate between a credible and non-credible source. But other than that everything is pretty clear. I wish we would talk more about how to use the research what you have found,like dissecting the information.

Special Collections

    I might be able to use special collections in my research because may be different cultures have a conflict with different things to where such as third world countries where women have to cover their faces. Within the  Special Collection I will search for collections that have things that deal with the history of fashion,  cultures that have rules of what to wear, where different styles are derived from, etc. I know for sure I will use Special Collections for papers that I will have to write in my US History class and my English class. I feel as though I will definitely be using Special Collections for any history paper that I have to write in the future. I think that the Special Collections part of the research process is important because you could have actual information no one ever knew about the topic. There could be really detailed info that will make your project interesting. It would only be an advantage!

Refined Research

     My narrow topic that I have chosen is Fashion around the world. The question I chose to research is 'How do other countries exhibit their fashion?' I feel like this a good question because there are many points that I can mention and go into many details about the different countries. As far as the different aspects of fashion in the cities and countries of my research. Keywords that I choose to search for books were fashion, fashion worldwide, fashion in different cultures, and cultural fashion. The keyword fashion in different cultures didn't really work to well, I didn't get a lot of feedback. An example of a primary source that I will us for my project are popular fashion magazines as stated in my other blog post.