All posts by Linda A

Technology’s Impact on Virtual Learning for Middle School Students

I will be conducting a quantitative experiment to help me learn about the impact that technology has on a middle school student’s ability to understand math concepts. I was excited to learn that the searches I conducted this week helped me find new, helpful resources to further my understanding of my research topic. Subject Search … Continue reading Technology’s Impact on Virtual Learning for Middle School Students

Advanced search: Vaccine cards and tracking

EBSCO- Academic Search Premier- State Library of Kansas- 73 results Search words- Covid vaccine, vaccine card Limiters- From 2020-2021   Smith-Schoenwalder, C. (2021). What to Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Passports and Travel. U.S. News & World Report – The Report, C13–C16.   Google Scholar- 200 results Search words- Covid vaccine cards, tracking, cdc, centralized database, travel, … Continue reading Advanced search: Vaccine cards and tracking

Usability Testing Research. Citation Tracing and Subject Searching

04/13/2021 I now count nine sources to utilize alongside my research proposal. My proposal deals with Usability Testing in regards to digital interfaces or new software. My sources vary from those that provide methods in how to conduct Usability testing to those that provide examples of Usability testing experiences. Subject Search I took up an … Continue reading Usability Testing Research. Citation Tracing and Subject Searching

Advanced Search: Website Design Preferences

ProQuest – 116 results Search words: Website AND design AND graphics AND preference AND age AND user-centered Limiters: last 5 years, scholarly journals   EBSCO – 25 results Search words: Website design AND preference AND graphics Limiters: None   Gale Academic OneFile – 104 results Search words: Website AND design AND graphics AND preference AND … Continue reading Advanced Search: Website Design Preferences

Advanced Search Social Media News and Censorship

Source #1: Misinformation Propogation in the Age of Twitter Found on Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Database Keywords: Twitter AND News Results: 102 Subject Terms: Quantitative chemical analysis; Quantitative research; Microblogs; Ebola virus disease; Hemorrhagic fever Citation of source: Jin, F., Wang, W., Zhao, L., Dougherty, E., Cao, Y., Lu, C.-T., & Ramakrishnan, N. (2014). … Continue reading Advanced Search Social Media News and Censorship

Changes to Research

The database I used for both Hospitality And Tourism Collection (Gale). Search #1 My first search for this database was “informatics and travel.”  40 magazine results, 29 academic journals, 3 books and 368 news showed up for the result.  The boolean term I used was AND.  Though all the results that showed up seemed interesting … Continue reading Changes to Research

Advanced Searching: Quantum and Cryptography

The database that I utilized for the search was Computer Source through EBSCOhost. I added and altered several different combinations of Boolean operators in order to try and find the best results for my proposal. The information I have found should steer me in the right direction to conduct a deep dive into the effects … Continue reading Advanced Searching: Quantum and Cryptography

More Resources!!!

EBSCOhost (Computer Source) Database: 1st Search: Searched: Smartphone Addiction and Psychology Had 7 resources come up   2nd Search: Searched Smartphones and relationships 119 results come up   3rd Search: Searched: Smartphone and Family and relationships Had 14 resources come up   Gale (Computer Science Collection) Database: Searched: Smartphone Users and Problems Results: 143 magazines, … Continue reading More Resources!!!