Research Journal Part 5: Digging into Databases and Books

Clark Library Book Catalog:

Keyword Search: Internet, Internet Addiction

Book Source:

Title: Internet addiction [electronic resource] : a handbook and guide to evaluation and treatment
Author: Kimberly S. Young
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 2011

Subject Headings:

Internet Addiction United States
Internet Addiction China
Internet Addiction Social Aspects
Internet Addiction Treatment
Internet Addiction

 Is it a Circulating Book or an E-book?
E-Book

Location or Call Number for Book?

9780470892244 (electronic bk.)
0470892242 (electronic bk.)

What Clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy?
Because of the title and that it is in with the psychology section leads me to believe it is a credible book

The Summit Catalog:

Keyword Search: Internet Addiction

Book source:

Title: Internet Addiction
Author: Hannah O Price
Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc
Publication Date: 2011

Subject Headings:

Internet addiction.
Internet -- Psychological aspects.
Internet.         
Behavior, Addictive -- psychology.
Behavior, Addictive -- therapy.

Is it a Circulating Book or an E-book?

Circulating

Location or Call Number for Book?

UI Library Main Stacks     RC569.5.I54I54 2011  

What Clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy?

The book is located in the phycology section. So it is a mental disorder so it seems like it would be credible

Books 24x7-IT Collection of E-Books:

For the purpose of this assignment I didn’t find this source helpful. If I was looking for a manual to tell me how to get a new software installed, or if I wanted a word book to teach me Microsoft word this one may be more helpful . Overall I found its setup not very user friendly I liked the Cornell and the Clark catalogs because they were so user friendly they were easy to navigate. I couldn’t pull up any books or articles on my topic, I double checked I was in the right place but I still was unable to find a source.

Google Books:

Keyword Search: Internet Addiction

Book source

Title: Caught in the Net: How to recognize the signs of Internet addiction—and a winning strategy for recovery
Author: Kimberly S. Young
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons
Publication Date: 1998

What Clues in the book record lead you to believe that this book is credible, or trustworthy?

The fact that she has written other books and I found them in more than one database, both scholarly databases chances are she is a well known expert on the topic also Google lets me preview the book that is nice, because they allow me to view up to 50 pages of the book you can use reasoning and wisdom to decide to a book is credible. This book is a little dated though I would prefer a more updated book. Especially with this topic, the internet is ever changing and since Internet Addiction is a new disease they have learned more on the topic in the last 14 years.

Summary

I have been in specialized classes for so long I haven’t really had to research for a class in a long time, so I am a little out of the loop as far as places to search for credible information when researching. I have used the college databases in the past when I needed it for English and other college classes. I have never seen the e-books one, and I was not surprised that Google had a book section. I love Google it is easy to navigate and easy to use, I liked the fact that it let you narrow your search to books, magazines, and search during time period that makes it nice. Also you don’t need to be registered at a college to use the Google books, and if you were doing some independent learning that would be nice! I like the college databases though because they allow you to view the entire text on some of them that is handy when you want a book and you can’t get to a library, and that is where Google books fall short.