Reflection 2

We learnt the search engine more intricately. The main thing was Boolean Operators, which are 'AND', 'OR' and 'AND NOT'. We broke down our main topic, mine was Discuss the effect of eating disorders on teenagers, into keywords, and also put in keyword variations. So i broke mine up into Keywords: Effects, Eating, Disorder and Teenagers. Keyword variations: Impacts, Consuming and Teens.

My end result was:

(Impact* OR effect*) AND (eating OR consuming) AND disorders AND (teenager OR teen*)

The ' * ' indicates the wild card option, or truncation, which for example, 'teen*', the search widens up to 'teens', 'teenagers', 'teenage', etc.

I tried the above search at google.com search engine.

I was impressed by the Google's search function and features, as it gives u total control of your search, and produces many results in just under 1second!

i feel that participating in discussion forum is fun, as you can learn from many other people who are more experienced, and i do not feel so anxious as it is not real life, but rather, we are behind a computer screen.

I think doing citation and bibliography is important as it is important to credit people who have racked their brains to produce valuable information for people to learn, and it is also important as they would not be able to accuse you of plagiarism as you have credited them.