I thought the library ethnography assignment was very useful. Not only did it involve us in doing homework, but it educated us on the simple things we can take for granted. Once I did the assignment, I realized how easy it was to look up books in the library. Now it won’t take me long at all to find books that I am looking for and books that relate and are helpful. Another thing that I learned from this assignment was the different ways of researching a book; not just putting in the search engine a book, but utilizing the tabs that narrow and refine your search. I think you should include this assignment next semester. It was something fun to do with our classmates and encouraged us to use the resources available to us at a great school.
All in all I think this class covered a good range of topics that we can definitely use in future classes. One topic that maybe could use a bit more time was the citations. APA and MLA were good, but some of the classes I took required a different style; maybe some practice on other popular styles. However, our practice on APA and MLA were good.
There is nothing else that I could think about in library research that I still want to know. Improving what I have learned so far is my goal from this class.
I also think that the library ethnography assignment is useful, but i feel the whole project was just way to much work. I feel the most important thing was being taught how to use the different databases.
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