Monday, September 20, 2010

Chapter 5

1) Can you identify the library website, OPAC, library database?

- :Library website : It's a website that allow you to access to any books in the library online
:OPAC is Online Public Access Catalogue. Using OPAC you will be able to find the information about the Library collection. You can search the documents by entering author, title or keyword in the query line.

: library databases : It 's an online resource that the library subscribes to that contains artical and information from print sources such as magazine, newspapers,journal, and reference book.

2)  List 5 PDF files of articks you search from Google
- 1. Live Library
2. Library Catalog มีบริการอะไรใน CU Digital
3. Politics and the English Language
4. Maketing Plan misc page
5. Diploma in English Language Proficiency

3) What is '' an Abstract?
- It is an explanation of what the attached document contains. Usually it has the conclusions, but no graphs or charts and only summaries of discussions.
1.Abstract is meant to be something, but usually hard to make out. Sometimes it is only meant to make sense to the person who created it, so if it is an abstract painting-the painter.
Abstract, as a noun, can also refer to the summarization of an article or a text, as opposed to the actual
author's work. For example, online search engines sometimes show the full-text of an article and its
abstract.its a work of art that comes from your heart....means something special to u....and doesn't
have to look like something real all the time
2. well, abstract is usually the most important bits, so as abstract art is the important details, not deep details and markings.

4) What is '' a full-text article?
- In computerized databases, the complete article rather than just a citation or abstract. In LIAS databases, move from the record screen to the full text of an article by entering the command DIT. A full-text article in LIAS can be printed, sent to your email address, or saved to disk.

5) What is your search technique when you are doing your homework or assignment?
- My technique is try to do homework myself fisrt and then if i do not understand i will search from the internet find the solution or sometime ask teacher or friends.

Monday, September 13, 2010

1. Where can you find information about Noble Prize? Who get the Noble Prize this year?

- From Wikipedia.The Nobel Prizes (definite form, singular, Swedish: Nobelpriset, Norwegian: Nobelprisen) are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. They were established in 1895 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.

2. Go to Encyclopedia Online at http://library.spu ac th Search for the history of automobiles or computer. Summerize the information you get.

Automobile History

By definition an automobile or car is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor and transports passengers. The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide.

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3. What is the diferrence between general book and reference book?

- Book reports and essays have more differences than similarities. Book reports cover the whole book. Essays focus on a particular aspect, be it a theme, tone, character, or scene from the book. Essays reference moments from the book directly, using quotes, to make their arguments. Book reports only give general plot points. Book reports may offer personal opinions, whereas essays usually give facts.


Read more: Differences Between a Book Report and Essay Writing

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4. When do you need to search information from the reference collection?

- A reference collection contains words to which users refer for particular pieces of information. For example, people may refer to a dictionary for the spelling of a word, or an atlas to find a place.


5. What type of reference collection that you like to use most? And why?

Dictionaries because their origin, theri pronumciation and grammatical context. There are many categories of dictionary eg. Example include the Concise Oxford Dictionary

Monday, September 6, 2010

Chapter 3

1) Why the library is important for the learning process?

- Because the  library provide the information to users by obtaining, organization making available and preserving, print and non-print meterials required to meet user need. It has a lot of information knowledge, inclode textbook, poem, magazine, catoon and etc. That we can everythig about about knowledge in the library so we can bring out the knowledge unless in the library

2) Search 5 books, 5 journals and 5 online databases from http//library.spu.ac.th (Identify title and call number.)

Search 5 books
J bridge to intremediate Japanese         PL 534 ค959พ 2550
J2ME game programming                    QA 76.76.C672 W44J 2004
South Africa Yearbook 2002/03          DT 1719 .S68 2002-03
Baby geniuses                                      VCDE0047 B32 2543
A Gentleman at the table                      BJ 2028 บ215ส 2550

Search 5 journals
Journal Accountancy and Management
Journal of Broadcastsing and Electronics Media
Journal of Architectural Education
Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis
Journal of Accounting

Search 5 online databases
:: Knowledge Bank
:: News Clipping มติชน e-Library
:: Westlaw
:: Science Direct
:: IEEE


3) My experience in using a library

My first time it was in high-School to used the library and normally I go to the libraly in my free time or when I need information to do homework and I had a great time in the library it was my favourite place lot of knowledge for my studies and I like the smell of the old books.