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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My Research Project

The topic that I have chosen to research is the homeless. I am looking for both basic background information and a more specific topic that I would like to know about. I would like to know more about how they survive with the little that they have. The way I found my book was by going to the SCSU website then clicking on the Library link, next in the search for a book box I put homeless people and got 43 results. Then I used the advanced search and looked just for book no e-books and got 20 results and then narrowed it down from there and found a book that I could use. When I looked for an e-book there were 3 available through OPAC. I am not really interested in reading through e-books just because I like to have actual books and have it in my hands. I would try it once and see how it went, but I don't think I would like it. The 3 e-books that were available for my topic weren't what I was looking for really so I only looked at one and it was different reading from a computer. I prefer to have a traditional book print in my hands. When I went to the Great River Regional Library I was unable to find a book about homeless people. I seem to prefer the Miller Center Library OPAC over the Great River Regional Library just because it seemed easier to find and locate a research book at the Miller Center rather than a leisure book.

3 comments:

Rachel said...

Testing testing...

Rachel said...

Hi Olivia,

What made you unable to find a book about homeless people in the Great River Regional Library?

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum

Livvie said...

I couldn't find one online related to what I was going to do research on. The few that I found weren't books that were about homeless people. They were more government studies that have been publish.