information universe

During my whole bachelor study, internet helped me a lot in many ways. Marketing was one of my subject, that means I had to write marketing plans frequently. One of the most important steps of market plan is collecting information. Most information, including news, data, references, I found them on internet. Google scholar is a very useful tool to find reliable and up-to-date information. Another helpful tool would be Wikipedia. Of course, people cannot use Wikipedia as references, becourse everyone can public their opinion on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not academic enough, but it is a good way to learn something quickly. And thourgh Wikipedia, people can link to other websites that connected to the specific topic. In brief, internet helps students a lot in many ways.

An experience with regard to information universe

I’d like to talk about my experience of preparing for my graduate dissertation in my previous university.

I searched the library catalogue for the books relative with my dissertation title. The books are textbooks in electronic version.

My previous university provided us a VPN account to have access to multiple databases which should be paid, and our university has already paid for all of the listed databases on the library website of my previous university. I scanned the articles in the databases including social databases and the library resources databases of other universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University. Most of the resources in those databases were periodicals, scanned copies from magazines and other people’s papers and dissertations.

I also took advantage of search engines such as Google and Baidu to look for appropriate information on the website.

I gained much help from those online encyclopedias especially those in my study field.

information universe

when i came in England for the language classes, at the beginning, our tutor asked us students to write an essay. we need to find a company, and analysis its current situation to find ways to expand its market share from several angles.i decided to write sth about Apple inc. Google scholar and Google books really helped me a lot. they provided large quantities of resources and evidences with reference to support my ideas. besides, i found a book in IC related to Apple's histories and features. it is useful, too.

some views to 7 pillars

1, identify
   as a international students, I may find if difficult to move beyond the wording need by a lecture to identify the gap between what we have known and what we need to know to combat a problem.
2, scope
   once we have known the information gaps, we need to use proper search tools such as website to find useful information. The range of resources is wide: books, journals, people etc. In my view, we may behave better in this field than the former one.
3, plan
   it's quiet difficult to identify the differences between the strengths and weaknesses of search tools. Besides, there is no one strategy that suits all types of information resources. it' s hard to identify controlled vocabularies and taxonomies in searching without any little misunderstanding.
4 gather
  if we are not only aware of the relevant resources depending on the previous pillars, but also we know what information we need and what strategy is suitable, we will feel confident about accessing and using all the resources appropriate to my information need.
5, evaluate
   information is not always right and suitable. Different kinds of resources, author and publish will provide different views. It's vital to gather and compare information critically. This process need a large collection of information with a long time.
6, manage
   In this pillar, manager focus on the ability to organize, apply and communicate information in a appropriate way professionally and ethically. From my experience, we are aware of the application of information in different situations and applying them in a ethical way. However, there is a long way to go to use them professionally.
7, This part may be the most challenging one. This process consist of summarizing, synthesizing and creating personal profile to provide a new perspective.

self introduction

this is a new blog of 4 students in infromation management in sheffield, including patrick, samantha, charles and liu yang. this is for studing 6350. information literacy.