How to search 4 databases?

I learned how we can use databases effectively and in what way we can cite easily. There are 4 databases she explained: Gale Virtual Reference Library, Lexis Nexis, ProQuest, and JSTOR.

1.    Gale Virtual Reference Library gathers reliable e-book like dictionaries, so that it is useful when we want to know the definition. She also told us the importance of confirming it first when we write an essay because the word of academic meaning is often different from the word we imagine.

2.    Lexis Nexis includes many newspapers and magazines. Although it is not friendly with Zotero, you would find good articles by using it.

3.    ProQuest has various fields’ academic reports. There are summaries, information and full text.

4.    JSTOR has also various fields’ academic reports, although it is different from ProQuest. While ProQuest has 4000 titles’ reports, JSTOR has 3000 ones which are more academic.

I get used to using Lexis Nexis and knew ProQuest, but I didn’t know the others. It seems still difficult for me to make use of these data bases, but I wish I could do that until I will write a report that we have to write to graduate from ICU.

Also, I am so happy that I could know the useful hints, for example, searching by using and, or, phrase search, and *. I will try to use it and hope I can find good resourses!

Child Abuse Sources

                   I am going to write about child abuse. I will write mainly 3 things: how children are suffered from abuse, why some parents abuse children, and what kind of things we can do to improve this problem.

　　          Firstly, The Japan Times says, " 51 children died because of child abuse in 2012," although this does not include single mother cases and murder-suicide cases. I was surprised that even though the mothers get married, at least 1 child is killed per a week. Also, I don't know why,  though there are other ways to save children's life like Kounotiri no yurikago when they are too mentally suffered from stress coming from children, they have to kill them.

                 Secondly, by Laura Davis, we can know what kind of shock the person who receive abuse or how she could survive after she receive sexual abuse from parents. I learned that people who are abused cannot trust anyone because they are betrayed parents who children should have relied on firstly. Also, they are suffered from the trauma when they talk with friends unexpectedly, when they date with someone, and especially when they have a sex. Most of them cannot prevent that, so she encourage such people to survive.
                Thirdly, we can know the experience of Masami who experienced child abuse.  The abuse always occurred in the bathroom and her mother was just outside, preparing dinner in the kitchen, so that mother never noticed that she was raped and crying of pain. I was shocked again because this article has reality, and it is so harsh. I respect her because she overcomes that experience and goes against the social pressure that they should hide the fact of their experiences. 
               To conclude, I could understand there are so many child abuse, though Japan are said to be as one of the most peaceful country or secure country. I want to search more and want to think what we can do.

Sources

“Child Abuse and Neglect Killed 51 Children in 2012.” The Japan Times Online 19 Sept. 2014. Japan Times Online. Web. 22 Sept. 2014. 

Davis, Laura. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition. 4 Rev Exp edition. New York: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2008. Print.

 Ito, Masami. “‘No Child Ever Deserves to Be Abused like This.’” The Japan Times Online 13 Sept. 2014. Japan Times Online. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.

My survey about newspaper

I heard that more and more people do not read a news paper at all recently. Therefore, I asked 17 people that they often read it or not, added me, and understood how many students who are in the same class read it. There are 4 questions: whether they like to read it, how often they read it, which news papers do their family read, and the news thy were surprised recently.

1.   Do you like to read a newspaper?

I like to read a news paper.

No	9	50%
Yes	9	50%

I was surprised that half of us like to read a newspaper, because I expected that much few people like it and many people know news by watching TV or using the Internet. I am really happy because I like it, too.

2.   How often do you read a newspaper?

Not at all	6	33%
Sometimes	6	33%
Often	4	22%
Every day	2	11%

After I compared the previous question with this question, I noticed that at least 3 people read a newspaper even though they do not like to do it. I guess this is because they know it is important to read, but at the same time, they feel it is troublesome because sometimes the sentences are difficult and make us sleepy. Also, I want to respect 2 people who read it every day since it is hard for me to continue something every day, even if I know it is important.

3.   Which newspapers do you/ your families read?

Asahi	7	39%
Nikkei	5	28%
Mainichi	2	11%
Others	4	22%

My expectation that Asahi is most popular news paper was right. I want to know which newspapers do those who answered “Others,” and I want to try them, too.

4.   Please tell me the recent news that you were surprised and give me the reasons.

This question was open question and they answered in different way, so I will introduce the news which was popular.

The most popular one was about Nisikori, who is a tennis player. He won the game and that result was incredibly surprising especially for Japanese, many media reported that and we felt happy to hear that.

In conclusion, I realized that many people still read a newspaper and my thought was not collect. I want to try to read it everyday and to know what happens in the world now.

Thank you for your corperation, and have a good day!

 

What I Hope to Get in R&P Class and How I Feel Comfortable by Using Technology

Hi, I am Yuka! I will answer 2 questions given from Dan.

1.How do you think the tools or strategies that you will learn in this class will be helpful for your academic research? 

I have never heard about Zotero before taking this class, so I hope I will be able to use it effectively and can collect resources. Moreover, I believe I can know how to cite appropriately. Also, by using evernote, I hope we can share ideas and discuss to some extent. These abilities are important because we need to use them when we write reports or essays with citation.

2.How comfortable are you using technology for learning? What devices and apps do you use now that help you in your life as student? 

I feel so comfortable with using my i-phone and Mac computer. I-phone is useful in terms of searching the difficult words quickly. Also, I often use it when I have nothing to do, such as when I get on the trains or buses. When it comes to apps, I use Kindle for reading books, iTunes for improving a listening skill, Ted lives for watching lectures, and BBC News for reading and listening news. While I use it for short time, I use my computer for longer time, for example, reading articles, writing essays, reports, and emails, or searching more complex things. This is because whereas the computer is heavier than phones, we can open and see several sites at the same time. In last term, my computer played a important role since I wrote many reports and essays.  I am sure that they would perform well this term, too. 

I appreciate it if you would give me some comments.

Yuka Hamanaka