The Bloggiest Blog Ever

2009-07-12T00:36:00.000-07:00

1- A popular non-news article:

Jacobson, Mark. "The Generation Gap in my Living Room." New York. 32.19 (17 May 1999): 26. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 12 July 2009.

2- A current news article:

The Lancet. "Is Exposure to Media Violence a Public-Health Risk?" The Lancet April 5, 2008 - April 11 2008: 1137. Lexis Nexis Academic. Lexis Nexis. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 12 July 2009.

3- Two scholarly articles:

Cantor, Joanne, and Barbara J. Wilson.. "Media and Violence: Intervention Strategies for Reducing Aggression." Media Psychology 5.4 (Nov. 2003): 363. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 12 July 2009.

Martínez, Inmaculada José, María Dolores Prieto, and Juana Farfán. "Childhood and Violence in Advertising: A Current Perspective." International Communication Gazette 68.3 (June 2006): 269-287. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 12 July 2009.

4- A book:

Simpson, Brian. Children and Television. New York: Continuum, 2004.

5- A film:

No News. Dir. Bushra Azzouz. Prod. Bushra Azzouz. Portland, Or., 2002.

6- A website:

"The National Center For Children Exposed to Violence - Home Page." 7/13/2009 <http://www.nccev.org/>.

The Final Goodbye

2009-07-09T00:32:00.000-07:00

1- I have learned so many useful skills in LALT 101 that will guide me through many future reasearches. Some of these skills are learning how to REFgrab a website to REFworks, opening an account in the ILLIAD in order to search for sources which can not be found in any AUC database, and developing my own blog in blogger.com.

2- Well, I'm still confused on one issue involving the incomplete articles in many of the databases. How can I use a single paragraph, usually a summary of the article or journal, in my research paper which it's length is barley one page?

I would've liked to spend more time blogging and communicating with other people on the web.

3- In respect to blogging, it's a semi-private homepage where I'm able to express my thoughts and ideas with other people who share the same topics that I'm also involved in.

4- LALT has been an enriching experience from day 1, and I have improved my search skills, citing articles, and using the library databases more usefully.

Lastest Headline

2009-07-08T00:38:00.000-07:00

Topic: Youth in correlation with Media Violence.

1- Google News:

Anderson, Craig A., et al. "The Influence of Media Violence on Youth." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 4.3 (2003): 81-110. http://www.wabi.tv/news/6563/the-effects-of-media-on-our-children-and-adolescents. 8 July 2009.

2- Lexis Nexis:

Vaznis, James. "Youth media campaign targets city violence Effort to focus on their peers." The Boston Globe. Pg. B3 (2008) Lexis Nexis Academic. Lexis Nexis Vendor. AUC Library. Cairo. Egypt. 8 July 2009.

Database Comparison

2009-07-07T00:09:00.000-07:00

Database 1

1- PsycARTICLES
2- Psychology
3- 1988 - present
4- Includes more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations.
5- No, it's authorized to AUC users and on-campus visitors only.
6- Yes, full text is available.

Databse 2

1- PsycInfo
2- Psychology
3- 1872-present
4- PsycInfo provides indexes to journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents and they're updated weekly.
5- No, it's authorized to AUC users and on-campus visitors only.
6- Some full text is available to selected journals.

The two databases are useful, but I would prefer to use the PsycARTICLES database much more than the PsycInfo database. They are both easier to use, but I noticed that PsycARTICLES offers full-text articles which seem better for researches and receiving more information about any specific topic. Some articles in PsycInfo had a 'click' on "Linksource for Full text" underneath the article, and then when finally opening a separate web page for this link, another website (sciencedirect.com) asked for a user name and password. It's much more time consuming to get information, and becomes annoying after a while. I would actually use PsycInfo for one reason only, and it is to pull information and articles from articles written over a hundred years ago. This database covers journals and article all the way from 1872 which is very helpful to get original text written by Charles Darwin or Freud. Definitely, I would use PsycARTICLES for most of my researches even though the the information on it is limited from 1988 until today. I would prefer that PsycInfo includes more full text articles, and turn the database into an enriched source of "full" information".

2009-07-06T00:15:00.000-07:00

1- What effect does violence in the media have on children?

2- Psychology, Journalism & Mass Media and Communication, and Cultural Studies & Ethnic Studies.

3- Psychology, Mass Communication, and Film.

4- Communication & Mass Media Complete: This search engine has a clear look on all aspects relating to mass media issues, which directly relates to youth violence generated from media.

Oxford Journals Online: This search engine is not as specific as the first one, but it covers my research question's main topic and goes in more depth referring to the psychological side of children and media violence.

Book

2009-07-05T00:33:00.000-07:00

1-Albert Gore. An Inconvenient Truth : The Crisis of Global Warming. New York: Viking, 2007.

Call Number #: QC981.8.G56 G668 2007

2- Hirofumi Uzawa. Economic Theory and Global Warming. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Call Number #: HC79.A4 U93 2003

3- Turning Down the Heat: The New Energy Revolution . Dir. Bullfrog Films. Prod. Jim Hamm. videorecording. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1999.

Call Number #: QC981.8.G56 T87 1999

Unit 4

2009-07-01T00:15:00.000-07:00

1- The effect of media violence on children.
2- Articles publish in the year 2004: 80 articles were found.

Koops, W., & de Castro, B. O. (2004). The development of aggression and its linkages with violence and youth delinquency. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1(3), 241-269. doi:10.1080/17405620444000148

3- Results from scholarly journals: 634 articles.

Jipguep, Marie-Claude, and Kathy sanders-Phillips. "The Context of Violence for Children of Color: Violence in the Community and in the Media." Journal of Negro Education 72.4 (2003): 379-95. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 1 July 2009.

4- Jones, Lucy. "Clinton's Last Push for Peace." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 20.2 (Mar. 2001): 33. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 1 July 2009.

Research Question for Bibliography

2009-06-30T00:33:00.000-07:00

What effect does violence in the media have on children?
Media Violence AND children / Media Violence AND youth

3. Anderson, Craig A., et al. "The influence of media violence on youth." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 4.3 (Dec. 2003): 81-110. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 30 June 2009.

Martínez, Inmaculada José, María Dolores Prieto, and Juana Farfán. "CHILDHOOD AND VIOLENCE IN ADVERTISING: A Current Perspective." International Communication Gazette 68.3 (June 2006): 269-287. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 30 June 2009

Hydrogen Cars

2009-06-29T00:27:00.000-07:00

Article 1

Joseph J. Romm
The Hype About Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate
Future Survey
2006
Vol. 28 Issue 3
p13-13
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=20715623&site=ehost-live
Hydrogen cars, Global warming, Hybrid electric cars.

Article 2

Norman Mayersohn
Hydrogen Car Is Here, a Bit Ahead of Its Time
New York Times
2007
p1
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=27919897&site=ehost-live
Hydrogen cars, Sports cars, Fuel cells, Automobile industry & trade, Honda automobile.

The Bloggiest Blog Ever

2009-06-28T00:41:00.000-07:00

1) Abdel-Rahman Al-Kadars

2) History

3) Senior

4) http://www.wwwcomcom.com/