In Class Blog Post #9

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike-owens/608945297/

This photo was uploaded from a user by the username of Paranoid Black Jack. The real name of this user was not given. The uploaded picture was taken by the actual user, making him the photographer. The title of the photo is "Snow Lepoard." The restrictions state that some rights are reserved; attribution, non-commercial, and no derivative works. The attribution restriction does not allow me to use the photo without citing the source of the picture. The non-commercial restriction on the picture does not give me the right to use the photo to make a profit. Also, the non-derivative restriction given means that I cannot build upon or alter the work. Each restrictions can be waived, but only if permission is given by the photographer/uploader of the picture.

Snow Lepoard [photograph]. (2007). June 18, 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike-owens/608945297/

Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is basically a summary of the sources a person has used for and in their research. Summarizing can entail assessing, reflecting, or evaluating the sources that have been used. Writing an annotated bibliography in class will greatly benefit our research for each topic. Instead of just having the citations and information of sources, there will be an actual summarization of the sources so more information and details can be drawn from each source. Writing an annotated bibliography can also help to form a strong argueable thesis, that can be better supported. It can help a person to better understand their topic and the different aspects or opinions of the topic they have. I belive annotated bibliographies will be greatly helpful to my research now and also in the future, and I am glad we are learning how to do them and what they are about.

In Class Blog Post #8

Special Collections is an area located on the bottom floor of the Ingram Library, that basically has different materials (articles, newspapers, photographs, ect.), that are very rare from different places. Special Collections would be useful or beneficial to a research project because you could find different sources that may not be found somewhere else, or that has very specific details or information of your topic. Along with usuing Special Collections for a project, primary sources could be very helpful as well. Primary sources would give you first hand, unedited information of your topic. This could benefit your research because you know for a fact the data had not been altered or changed. Even though the primary source material may or may not be old, it is still the original source and is where any other information or details, elaborating on that source, came from. These sources could help to answer questions relating to, but not restricted to, how something started?, the origin of a certain topic, person, place or thing, or it could give you photographs that have not been altered or edited throughout the years. Primary sources and Special Collections could definitely benefit a person doing a research project, and it may be something I look into throughout any research I perform.