Stebbins wrote a helpful article on searching. She broke down the basics on how to start searching and soon went into more detail on how to enhance a search, by coming up with more relevant and helpful searches. Also included in this reading were many uncommon tips that many of us would not even think to consider when researching a subject.
I did not know a lot of the ways that are avalible to limit a search. It is now very helpful to know how to search by year published, language, and publication type. If there ever comes a time when I will need to specify my search using these fields I now know how. This is depending on the particular database of course.
This reading has a lot to do with a class that requires research. Not everyone uses only the library catalog to find all their sources now. A very popular way to research is through a database. This reading tells a lot about exactly how to conduct this search.
I can definitely apply this reading to my life. It has already helped in other classes. I can now perform quicker searches with a wider range of media with the help of databases. They help me get a even more information on a subject quicker than I would searching through a catalog and looking up each book.
Not only am I sure searching throughout a database will help with my annotated bibliography, it has already come in handy in my English class when writing a research paper. It is good to have a variety of sources and opinions when researching which is exactly what database searching has given me the opportunity to look at. It made my paper more well rounded.
