New Path

I have decided to turn over a new leaf, with my blog. I recently discovered that I will have to get a record of my work to complete my library science studies. Thus, it seems logical to update my blog with new information on my progression. As of today this is my first entry. Right now, Iam taking two classes. Children and YA literature, and Information and Communication Technology. I will be establishing links and updates on projects that I am doing in my clases on a monthly basis. Also anything that I might find interesting during my coursework. It is my hope that this blog will function to assist me in my career goal of becoming a librarian. I know that it will :-) And I look foward to starting down this new path.

The National Archives

The National Archives in Washington D.C. is the "record keeper" of the country. All business conducted by the United States Government is kept here for both historical and legal purposes. The public is allowed free access to many of these documents free of charge in most cases. I chose this site because it deals with archives on a national level and details the importance of both the procurement and preservation of these documents. I found this site using the very popular search engine google.

Here is the link:

http://www.archives.gov/

Blacks serving during Civil War

This is a picture of the 26th U.S. colored Volunteer Infantry on parade in Camp William Penn in Pennslyvaina circa 1865. This picture is a living testatment to the degree in which many African-Americans felt that it was thier duty to fight for thier rights and freedoms. Millions of blacks would fight for the Union during the war between the states; (1861-65) This image was taken from the National Archives in Washington D.C.

LibLit-Citation Pearl Growing search

Using the same sets as in the three previous search methods, I found this article that most closely deals with my topic of domestic and foreign policy during times of war:
Title: In Time of War
Other Titles: American libraries during WWII
Personal Author: Becker, Patti Clayton
Journal Name: American Libraries
Source: American Libraries v. 34 no. 5 (May 2003) p. 54-7
Publication Year: 2003

I went to the section under subjects war/information policy/history and found another article:

Title: Government Wartime Propaganda Posters: Communicators of Public Policy
Personal Author: McCrann, Grace-Ellen
Journal Name: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
Source: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian v. 28 no. 1/2 (January/June 2009) p. 53-73
Publication Year: 2009

"public policy" is another term for domestic policy. Therefore both these articles are relevant to my chosen topic. The use of the citation pearl growing method has achieved a level of sucess not previously obtained through the other search methods. It is thus my favorite of the four search methods.

LexisNexis-Sucessive Fractions Search

On this database LexisNexis, I conducted a sucessive fractions search with some similiar results. With the set, (wars or battles or conflicts) and (archives or documents or history)I recieved 1000 hits! Both of the results had the facets in the title of the articles. Here is the first hit from the first and second set respectively: From (wars or battles or conflicts):

Virtual Insurgency; Video game based on bloody Iraq battle upsets slain soldiers' families
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada), April 14, 2009 Tuesday, NEWS; Pg. A3, 904 words, Matthew Coutts, National Post

From the set (archives or documents or history):

Copies of Georgian archive materials given to Abkhazia in UK-funded project
BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, April 1, 2010 Thursday, 651 words

I narrowered the search using the limitor was all major U.S. publications.

JSTOR-Specific Facet First Search

Using the same terms in the ERIC building block search, I went to JSTOR and conducted a specific facet first search with the following results: (battles or wars or conflicts) I recieved 18,435 hits. (policy or domestic or foreign) I recieved 53,299 hits. Finally using (archives or documents or history) I recieved 97,281 hits. The only limitor used was full text, this is the first hit from the (battle or wars or conflicts) facet since it recieved the fewest hits:

1. Fighting Battles, Winning Wars Fighting Battles, Winning WarsAlastair SmithThe Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 42, No. 3, Opening up the Black Box of War: Politics and the Conduct of War (Jun., 1998), pp. 301-320Item Information Page of First Match PDF Export this Citation

ERIC Database-Building Block Search

I went to the ERIC-EBSCOHOST database to find articles on domestic and foreign policy during times of war. I narrowed the search using using the subject descriptor "war." The sets looked like this: s1=SU(policy or domestic or foreign)AND
s2= (wars or battles or conflicts)AND
s3=(archives or history)
This is the second hit of 2,258 I recieved:


Education in a Culture of Violence: A Critical Pedagogy of Place in WartimeCitation Only Available . By: Greenwood, David A.. Cultural Studies of Science Education, v5 n2 p351-359 Jun 2010. (EJ881926)
Subjects: Critical Theory; Land Settlement; Role of Education; Foreign Countries; Empathy; Teaching Methods; War; Conflict; Violence; History; Foreign Policy
Database: ERIC
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