Module 2 Response

In response to Susan's Blog found at susanvanbeuge.blogspot.com for Question 1.

I’ve been present for many presentations in which these terms she mentioned in her blog are used. I find it interesting that they have been around for awhile, at least since I started college in 2001, but I just forget to use them when I’m doing my searches. What has helped me is also going through the tutorials and learning what kind of things you can do to enhance your research. I thought it was VERY interesting she found more articles when PTSD was written out fully than using PTSD. I say this because the authors of the articles we read probably understand that no one wants to read an 8o page paper. Scholars and researchers are busy, so I feel it’s important to get the results and discussion across in a concise manner and I would think using acronyms would help decrease the length. I like that you keep a list of research items in a notebook to take home. Often times while researching one topic another one is sparked, but we don’t want to get too off topic, but it may be a subject that is well worth researching at a future time. It shows me the connection that everything has.