SEARCH BY MetaCraler.com
Search #1. Labor (leisure OR "free time") site: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Economic News Release: Mass Layoffs Summary." United States Department of Labor 23 Feb. 2011. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.
This is an official government document which gives it authority. The document provides current lay-off statistics that could have proven valuable to my research.
Search #2. Labor (leisure OR "free time") site: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Labor_Unions.aspx
"Labor Unions." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 1968. Encyclopedia.com. 28 Feb. 2011.
This source includes a full bibliography. The information therein is non bias common knowledge.
Search #3. Labor (leisure OR "free time") site: http://faculty.lebow.drexel.edu/McCainR//top/prin/txt/marx/marx3.html
McCain, Rodger A."Marx and the Labor Theory." Drexel University's Lebow College of Business.N/D. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.
The author of this documentation is a professor at the listed college (Ph.D). The information appears to be an unbiased teaching on Marxism and how it relates to the labor world. I would test this source against others being that I am not knowledgeable enough in Marxism to know what is truely non biased.
Search #4. Labor (leisure OR "free time") site: http://www.laborrights.org/end-violence-against-trade-unions
"International Labor Rights Forum: Freedom at Work." Labor Rights N/D. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.
The information on this site refer to current events so I would categorize the information as current. The purpose of this information is to demonstrate how unions are slandered against internationally. Statistics are cited.
I have to say, starting this assignment off was not the easiest! I can not make a recommendation as to which site provides the best top level searches because I could only find 1 that would do it other that Google which was used as an example. Maybe the other sites in my week 8 list will do it, but none of then has a search help. Annoying! .GOVs are always my favorite. About a third of my Works Cited page is composed of government sites. I stray away from .COMs and eaven more so .ORGs. I know htere can be great information here, but more often than not, if it is cited, it is citing a GOV or EDU site.
1 comments:
Hi, Rory:
It was okay to use Google for this assignment, it is probably the easiest but you did a great job using another search tool.
I think you can find a lot of value in .gov sites and am glad you are aware of that. Given your topic, I think there are some .org sites that would be helpful. Such as Pew Research Center (http://pewresearch.org/) they track trends and demographic info that might prove helpful and they are nonpartisan which is also a bonus.
You seem to have a good idea on how to apply search strategies and limits to find useful information on the web.
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