Unit 3, Post #4 Exercise Summary

What I learned in the exercises from this unit are some new key terms for types of research, in particular, the Deep/Invisible web and Subject Encyclopedias. The Deep/Invisible web contains scholarly written articles, peer reviewed articles, academically accepted databases, and much more. Many of these are fee-based resources, which are available to us for no-charge as students; the college has already paid for the access. The Subject Encyclopedias are a great tool for starting an initial search on general topic, limiting your results to academically sound material. You can find keywords, key authors, and related or previously sourced articles.

Wikipedia is a good “general” search tool; I like to use it for the resources it provides in the form of related articles and links to other sites. Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for academic papers requiring citations.