For my research paper, I am required to have visited the university library.
This week I chose to visit the library to look for books on my chosen topic "mobile phones and their effect on society".
I started my using the libraries search system, which allows me to browse hundreds of journals, E-books, news articles and book titles that the library has in stock.
Firstly I found a journal, which was a book review of a book titled "the mobile connection: the cellphones in impact on society by Rich Ling"
From the review, I learn that:
-It is written by American working for a mobile company
-It focuses on mobile phones use in everyday life especially amongst teenagers
-It's based on a variety of studies
-Over 30,000 interviews in 10 European countries and Israel were used in the writing of
-It is an open-minded pragmatic review
-Its focus includes how phones provide a lifeline, how security is lost and how it lowers the need for a time-based society
-It also includes a section on text in and how it's changed the language we speak
-The book has three major downfalls all being related to the fact that the book is limited to covering mainly teenagers
After this I noticed that is a book that was reviewed is offered by the library. I was able to pull up the information about where it is located and I then went to see if it was in stock. However the book was not available so I reserved the book.
Later on however I obtained a digital version of this book off the Internet which means I do not need to wait for it to become available.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
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Great that you have made a start on this and found an ideal book. You will obviously need other sources - but you have obviously benefited from the library talk and visit - good stuff!
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