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unit 10

marinamagdy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:24:08 +0000

1) I think the most important skills I have learned is to use the databases because I didn’t know about them and when I used them in my papers , my instructors are really pleased because it is a good sources and reliable

2)I think every thing is explained in enough time and enough material

3) It’s fun it’s a new facebook so it’s interesting to write something online and have feedback

4)what I don’t like is that at the begining I had a hard time using it because it was new so I don’t know from where to write and from where to post or save but now it’s ok

unit 9

marinamagdy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:35:12 +0000

one of the two best sources is a book called ” Gender Issues in Clinical Psychology” from the online google books. what I made is opened google and write my search which is gender issues and I found this. I think this is a good source because it is an online free book which is easy for anyone to access so if someone is at home and don’t have tome to go to the library he can find this online book and its url is http://books.google.com.eg/books?hl=en&id=Zd8OAAAAQAAJ&dq=gender+issues&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=W0Qt7DKey1&sig=MnncmskgeKktnVHlkRLJDB–CPA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result

The second source is called” women’s right and gender issues” and its url is http://www.twnside.org.sg/women.htm and I think it is good because it contains a lot of articles in every single thing about gender issues and it is a scholary article that’s why it is good

unit 8

marinamagdy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:39:09 +0000

Latest headline on my issue: “a culture against woman”

The first article:

Author: Trevor Jones,

Name of the story: Diversity Day tackles race, gender issues

Name of the newspaper: the Berkshire eagle

Date of the article: 11/13/2008

The url of the article: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_10973253

Second article:

Author: Scott Hall

Name of the story: Play explores issues of sex, power, changing gender roles

Name of the newspaper:inystar

Date of the article: November 12, 2008

The url of the article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20081112/LOCAL180101/811120413/1274/LOCAL06

The oldest story:

Date:1990

Author name Collegian Staff Writer

Name of the story: Black, Women’s Studies courses gain support

Name of the newspaper: collegian online

Date of the article:jan 10,1990

url: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1990/01/01-10-90tdc/01-10-90dnews-05.asp

lexis nexis:

author name: Laura Busheikin

name of the story: a coming age

name of the newspaper: The Prague Post

date: January 10,2007

url: http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5128928728&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5128927489&cisb=22_T5128928730&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=151894&docNo=1

2) the main argument of the article: women are still not equal to men whatever they do. No I don’t agree because not all the men are equal to all the women and that’s generalization it differ from country to another and from person to another

3) because it is updated every day so it will provide me with the latest news and because it provides access to international news sources, company news, industry & market news, government & political news, legal news, company financial information, country profiles, state profiles, biographical information, reference & directories, general medical & health topics, medical abstracts, radio and television transcripts.

Library press display:

Country:austrlia

Name of the newspaper:

Unit 7

marinamagdy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:29:04 +0000

What is the name of the database?

Project Muse

.what disciplines or areas does it cover?

African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Development Studies, Education, Film, Gender Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Religious Studies, Sociology, Theatre,

What dates are covered by the database?

From September 1990 to 4 November 2008

What kinds of materials does it contain?

Covers over 200 scholarly journals on humanities, social sciences and arts. Project Muse includes full text articles from over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press, as well as 35 other academic publishers. Coverage includes the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

What languages are the materials in?

English

How often is the database updated?

It doesn’t say

Is it available off-campus?

Yes it is available

Is full-text available?

Yes it is available

Second database:

What is the name of the database?

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures

.what disciplines or areas does it cover?

Arabic Studies, Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, Middle East Studies,

What dates are covered by the database?

It is not available

What kinds of materials does it contain?

The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is an interdisciplinary, transhistorical, and global project. It brings together upwards of 1,000 scholars to write critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. EWIC hopes both to offer the state of the art in the broad sweep of topics to inform the general audience and to take on cutting-edge issues to stimulate new research in new terrains.”

What languages are the materials in?

English

How often is the database updated?

It doesn’t say

Is it available off-campus?

Yes it is available

Is full-text available?

Yes it is available

Now compare the databases:

Which database seems easier to use? How and why?

I think both of them are equally easy may be because I have used both of them a lot so I feel they are easy ;however encyclopedia provides more specific results

Which database is better for quick research?

encyclopedia

Which database is better for in-depth research?

Project Muse

When would you use one database instead of the other?

If I need a quick results them directly answer my question and are clearly listed I use encyclopedia

Anything else?

unit 6

marinamagdy — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:18:07 +0000

1)my topic: sexiasm and gender issues

2)academic discplines: 1)gender studies/gender theory

2)human sexual behavior

3)sex education

3)AUC majors: 1)Middle East studies…it is related because I can search for the gender issues regarding the middle east

2)sociology

3)biology because we can study the diffrence between male and femals body structure

minors:1)gender and women’s studies

the major that i find in AUC library page is : gender studies

4) The data bases are: Academic search complete and Biography Resource Center

I know because when I clicked on the databases of major i found those

Unit 5

marinamagdy — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:00:46 +0000

I searched for a book on my topic which is sex and gender issues i found a lot of books one of them is:

Author name: Beere, Carole A.

Title of the book:Sex and gender issues : a handbook of tests and measures

The publisher: Greenwood press

Year of publication:1990

Book’s call number: BF 692 B38 1990

when i narrow my search between 2002 and 2004

author name:Demir, Jenna Shearer.

title of the book:The trafficking of women for sexual exploitation : a gender-based and well-founded fear of persecution?

year of publication:2003

publisher:United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

call number: A-85.2/21.4 Dem

and then i searched for a video

name of the video:Exercise [videorecording] / American Psychiatric Association.

call number:RC489.E9 E94 2003

Unit 4

marinamagdy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:15:11 +0000

1. Truncation: (wom* and egypt) wom* is a truncation for woman , women ,womanly and womenly

2. Parentheses:(women or females) and egypt

3.OR: women of females

combining them all (wom* or fem*) and egypt

scholary article citation:

Colaizy, Tarah T., et al. “Nasal high-frequency ventilation for premature infants.” Acta Paediatrica 97.11 (Nov. 2008): 1518-1522. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [AUC library], [Egypt], [Cairo]. 20 Oct. 2008 .

Unit 3

marinamagdy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:42:20 +0000

when I searched for the phrase ”gender issues” and limited my issue by date that it will be in 2006, I found 133 results. one of them was this.

Then I searched again . my search phrase was ”gender issues” and limited my search by geographic location which is Cairo I found only one result.

Then I searched again by limiting demographic and my search phrase was” gender issues and women” and I found 274 results . one of them

My research topic and an article that I found

marinamagdy — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:50:56 +0000

My research topic is about gender issues

here is the article i found in Academic Search Complete

A post with a link

marinamagdy — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:15:57 +0000

My favourite website is facebook because can stay in contact with most of the people I know.