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Today, Friday March 14th, 2008 Peggy the librarian made a stop in our researching techniques class. She displayed many different ways to make our working lives easier. She showed us many different search engines and elibraries such as: The Brain, Ebsco Host etc, and dog pile. She stressed the importance of being specific in a search but not too specific. Peggy also advised us to broaden our horizons and try other libraries, and sources other than Google and yahoo.

Although she insists we use google less, Peggy also says those search engines are still good for certian topics. When searching for something such as public transit history, and a political view of it you are probably better off search Mohawks own online library “the Brain” or you can also check Proquest. After Peggy presented to our class I now feel i have a better idea for searching, and can complete it much quicker.

When using proquest, the Brain and ebsco host it makes it much easier then yahoo or ask to find your information because they give you advanced searching techniques such as a slot for each keyword you have. When using those you don’t just find Articles like you would on google. You can find articles, magazines, books, ebooks, online journals and more.

After this presentation I now feel I am capable of compleing any task, assignment, and final project without any difficulties because the search possibilities are endless now.

In conclusion I believe Peggy was very informative, and gave us great insight to all the first year students on proper and basic research techniques. There were some points in her presentation that I thought were rather unclear because she may have spoke a little to fast, but other than that I learned a lot and found todays class to be very productive. Now that I know there are so many books online at the Brain, i may hardly ever have to attend mohawks library.

By,

Zack Tiessen