Day23 : Choosing Sources

Objectives:

We will be able to...

1. review the functions of the library database search engines and the strategies for using them.
2. discuss and use efficient strategies to go through the process of source selection.
3. analyze sources based on criteria, such as reliability, relevancy, purpose, readability, and synthesis, and be able to decide the most appropriate sources for a research paper.

Solution #1: Strengthening regulations on privacy settings
Goal: Pick the 3 best articles for the GRP

First, review the solution information on the Organization website:

Solution 1 Description

Describe what the solution 1 is regulations on privacy setting ?   there should be more regulations or laws on privacy settings in social networks....................... Or we should make sure the all the social network services are following the laws.

https://www.privacyrights.org/social-networking-privacy#laws

Then think about potential weaknesses of this solution and possible ways to improve them
as you skim through the sources.

Solution 1 Critique	Critique the solution 1 is that it is   hard to get approval from the congress, or governments, or it takes a long time to get approval.    even if it get approval, it will takes a lot of money and resources to do it.    social network companies try to object to having more regulations over the privacy setting.Maybe the more restriction on SNS will interrupt the freedom of users.
Solution 1 Improvement	Offer improvement for the solution 1 is that  we can borrow some power from the authority  to persuade the social network companies with ….....  the organization itself needs to petition the government....... And we can use the media to spread the idea of the privacy. Just like use the internet to prevent internet privacy shortage.

Search!
1. www.library.illinois.edu
2. Under “Article Resources,” click the link for “Online Journals & Databases”
3. Search for “Academic Search Premier”



Try some of the keywords and synonyms. Pay attention to the search features, such as changing the criteria for “TITLE,” or “SUBJECT” or “AUTHOR” to make your search more specific,

 particularly if you’re looking for a certain article.


Choose!

We can’t read all of these sources because it would take too much time. Elicit from them some strategies that we can use or some things that we should look for to make the search process faster. Some suggestions :

• scanning titles and subject terms for keywords
• skimming abstracts for relevant recommendations
• scanning literature reviews and reference lists for other sources that may be of interest
• skimming conclusions and research limitations for relevant ideas
• using Ctrl + F in a source’s text to look for keywords and their frequency

0. Reliability : Is it academic? Is it peer-reviewed?

1. Relevancy: How often do you see key/important words that are related to the solution? How relevant (helpful) is this source to our research purpose? Which part of our outline can you fit this source into? Background information? Description? Weaknesses? Improvements?

2. Purpose: What is the purpose of the article? Persuade? Report? Recommend?

3. Readability: Will I be able to actually read this article and understand the content?

4. Connections: Can you make connections among any of the articles? Look for common ideas across more than one article; we want connections.

Choosing Sources Chart :)

	Potential Articles	Reliability	Relevancy	Purpose	Readability	Solution 1	Solution 1
	Sources 1-5	(Score:1-3)	(Score:1-3)	(Score:1-3)	(Score:1-3)	Weaknesses	Improvements
1	Source1 Social Media, the Law, and You
2	Source2 Reviewing person’s value of privacy of online social networking
3	Source3 Promoting Privacy
4	Source4 The 2012 CLSR-LSPI seminar on privacy, data protection & cyber-security
5	Source5 Privacy in Social Networks
6	Source6 Say Cheese! Privacy and facial recognition

Homework

DUE Sunday, March, 10th, 11:59PM

Write about why you chose the 3 sources.

Source2   Source4  Source6

3-4 sentences for each source will be enough.

This homework should be done in your GRP Google Docs.

Don't forget to have the template chart for choosing sources. 

(You will be using the same template for your IRP LATER. Not now!)