Wednesday, February 6, 2008

library session

I never realized how large and extensive our library and its database was. This is the first research paper I have had to write in college, so it will be my first experience trying to find various sources to conduct my research through the MSUM library. The library session was extremely informative to me, now I know the location of both historical and modern journals, magazines, newspapers, how to find books and various other media types through the online catelog, and also the call number system. If it were not for this library session I would be compleltely lost while trying to locate the books and journals relating to my topic. I am also very impressed with our guide. She was very helpful during the process and it stunned me how quickly she knew where to locate people's topics and what sections they would be in. Over all it was a good experience and I have no complaints.

I do not have any large concerns with my paper as of yet. I have found my materials and begun my research, even have my thesis prepared and it has all gone quite smoothly. I deffinately have enough to fill up 3 pages, my only concern might be that I have too much information and it may be difficult to condence some of the thoughts down, blend some of the information, or even decide what information is impertinant for the paper and what facts or opinions need to be omited. So the initial writing of the paper will be simple, I think it will be the editing process that may be more complex and time consuming.

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