Research Journal, Part 3: Exploring Topics

1. My topic was Internet  the article I found was Internet Addiction Disorder
2.  The tool I used was the Gale Virtual Reference Library
3.    List of key words/ideas:

• Internet
•    Addiction
• Addictive Personality
•  Antidepressants for Internet addiction disorder
•     Interactive games
•   Disorder
•  Denial
•   Euphoria
• Depression
•   DSM
•  Chat rooms
•    Treatment
•  Stress
•   Prevention
•  Symptoms

Citation information about ONE article that looks interesting. Citation information refers to all the pieces of information that describe a source. All of this information is available in the article’s record (the screen with article information). For subject-specific encyclopedias, citation information includes:

•  Title of article: Internet Addiction Disorder
•  Author of article: Ed. Laurie J. Fundukian and Jeffrey Wilson
•  Title of the source (the name of the encyclopedia): The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health
•  Publisher, city and date of publication of the encyclopedia: 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale 2008.
•  Page numbers: p612-615

Explore the topic using the Open Web: Wikipedia

Key Words and ideas for Wikipedia:

•  Digital native
•   Conflicts
•  Social interaction
•  Gambling
•  Internet overuse
• Video game addiction

When I tried to search "citing Wikipedia" the only thing I got was Reliability of Wikipedia, I tried rewording it different and came up with nothing. So I went ahead, and did a google search, and this is what I found the format should look like;

 Psychology. (n.d.).In Wikipedia.Retrieved October 14, 2009, from  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology.

What I did learn is that it probably wouldn't be such a great idea to cite Wikipedia, which I already knew this. One thing I did notice with Wikipedia is that key words were highlighted making it easier to jump back and forth for information.

Compose Search Questions

Broad Topic: Internet

Focused Topic: Internet Addiction

1. How will our youth today be effective by Internet addiction?
2. How effective is treatment, and what is the best solutions?
3. How is stress and depression associated with Internet addiction?

Summarize this activity

This activity taught me how to use GVRL which I didn't even know it existed. At first I seemed to have problems using it; but it could of just been because I wasn't familiar with GVRL, I soon figured it out, and had no problems. What I found out was that it had better credibility, and the info could be cited. I found that GVRL was a little easier to use too. Wikipedia is okay to brainstorm ideas for research, then take that information and match it up with a creditable source. I really like how the IRIS tutorials are really easy to comprehend I also like how it explains step be step in detail. In the past for research all I did was google it, I had the concept of creating questions about a topic, but it just took me longer and sometimes I couldn't find what I needed. For future research this is what I plan on doing first. There is a lot of information out there on the net it's just the means of getting a hold of it through the right questions.