POST 4: Online Database

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This time, I was asked by my lecturer to find out about DOA (Dissertation online) and also the online databases subscribed by Tun Sri Lanang library. For the first time heard about DOA, I thought it was “doa” (in Islam), but my expectation is totally false. hehehe...Then, I asked the librarian there about it and he told me that DOA is a collection of theses made by people in overseas. You can find many journals or theses in DOA in order to make them as one of your reference when you want to do your theses or paperwork. It’s really a good thing! Well, for me, this is very important and beneficial especially when I will be a third-year-student, which at that time it requires me to do my project paper and need a lot of references.

The second task is about the online databases subscribed by PTSL. While searching for that, I found out that PTSL subscribed a lot of online databases in order to help the students to get essential knowledge in their respected field of studies. Here is the list of the databases:

ACM Digital Library
ASCE Research Library (previously known as CEDB)
Current Law Journal
Computer Database
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Datastream Advanced
Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts (DBA)
EBSCOHOST
Education Full Text
Ei Engineering Village2
Emerald Fulltext
Engnetbase
EnvironetBASE
Food Science Technology Abstract
GEMA
HeinOnline
IEL (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library)
INSIDE
Institute of Physics E-Journals
International Law in Domestic Courts
Int. J. of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM)
ISI Web of Science
ITS MARC
Journal Citation Reports
JSTOR
Jurnal e-Bangi
Lawnet On-line Law Library
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
LegalTrac
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Lexis Nexis Total Research System
LISA Net
Mastic
MathScience
MD-Consult
Medline & Ovid
Malaysian Legal Alert (MLA)
My EndNote Web
Nielsen BookData Online
NSTP e-media
Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE)
Oxford Journals
Palmoilis
Proquest Dissertations & Theses Fulltext
ProQuest Education Journals & Eric Plus Text
ProQuest Medical Library
ScienceDirect
SciFinderScholar
SCOPUS
Sirimlink
Springer e-Books
SpringerLink
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES)
Ulrichs Periodicals Directory
UNITAR e-Journal
Westlaw International
Wiley InterScience (Includes journal on Blackwell Synergy)

However, I am going to choose only two databases to be explained in this blog which are EBSCOHost and Lisa Net. According to the website, EBSCOhost is full text information in various fields. Title of databases includes: Business Source Complete , Academic Search Elite, Business Source Premier, Eric, Health Business Fulltext Elite, MAS Ultra School Edition, Medline, Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and MAS Ultra - Public Library Edition. While LISANet is a bibliographic information on library and information science.

Below is my summary on two article taken from EBSCOHost and LisaNet. The first summary is taken from EBSCOHost.

Blocking Web 2.0 tools in schools: creating a new digital divide

According to the writer, Esther Rosenfeld, while she was attending the school library conference for a few years, she heard that most of the school are blocking the web sites created for teacher-professional development. Normally, some schools blocking Web 2.0 sites, such as MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube, blocking access
to collaborative tools, such as wikis, blogs, Flickr, Google Does, and Del.icio.us, because they afraid that students might misused the technology provided. But, on the other hand, this actually makes the learning and teaching process become less effective in order to enhance the students' performance. Thus, this phenomenon has instigated a new digital divide not only among students and teachers, but also those who have that access blocked. Simultaneously, the growth of the teaching fields is destructive and will block the invention of new methodologies in learning and teaching. So, the teacher-librarians have to open up the eyes of school's administration, decision makers and government to allow access to those websites in order to rich the students' knowledge and information.

My reflection

In my opinion, what was saying by the writer is true because in this technology-based teaching process, schools cannot blocked students and teacher from access to those kind of websites. Most of the websites allow students and teachers to gain a lot of new information and knowledge. It is more interesting to learn through web rather than practising the old methodolgy. If the schools blocked the access to these websites, it will give bad impacts to both parties, students and teachers.

NOW Brings Feminist Voices to the Web, Engages Women Online

by: Liz Newbury

NOW is encouraging women to go onlineas the new invention of Web 2.0 has developed. Web 2.0 is a medium for women to be socialized and to communicate dynamically. In the previous time, only those with the programming skills can access and go onlie, but today anyone can do it as well even though they do not have such skills. Through two popular networking sites, NOW are connecting with people and tries to educate them about certain issues. Once they go online, they can share every single thing which is related to the issues and can boost up the possibility for poeple outside there to hear their voice simultaneously. They are also can join blog to discuss about feminity.