Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Comparing Resources

I numbered these on a 1-10 scale, 10 being the best.


Opposing Viewpoints
Points of View
Ebsco
Search - ease of use
6
7
8
Results - relevance and usefulness
9
6
8.5
Saving documents
8
8
8
Citations
7
6
7
Sorting Relevance
8
4
7
Saving Ease
7
9
7
Number of Results
4
6
9

A summary of what's good about each site, and my preferences: I really liked Ebsco-- it had the most results that worked with my topic! All I had to do was type in my search term, and it spit out a ton of valid, important results (that I then emailed to myself.) Opposing viewpoints wasn't really the best search tool for my non-controversial topic... "sleep deprivation vs. mood" doesn't have many arguable points. Points of View was my second- favorite, because of the relevance of the articles I found. All in all, I got about eight resources for my project!

3 comments:

Poison Shirt said...

I like your rating scale - I am guessing you are going to add the rest of your commentary still?

Amanda said...

Yes, I do plan on adding it. The next time we have a catch-up day-- right now I'm about three days behind. Is there any way I could earn some extra credit?

Amanda said...

Okay, I added it! Is it better?