My Research Experience

Finding a topic for my research! That wasn’t easy, yet I haven’t made my final decision to pick up my research topic. I made options but I think I’ll talk about how coke is bad for children, my 3rd option that I’ve been hesitated to chose at first. Coke and soda drinks have many bad effects on children; this has been a serious issue that people, especially parents, are concern about.

Now the topic is picked, to find the information is not easy. Searching the internet, looking up coke effects in books, and reading articles were not easy. So we went to Pollak Library to get some help in finding topics and information. The librarian explained to us how we can get information by searching many resources, one of them was Oxford Reference Online Premium, and it is where I found my hint to pick up the Coke topic. Then, she showed us how to search the databases to get full text articles. One database that I liked the most is Opposing Viewpoints; it is great how it views a wide range of topics including many academic genres. Therefore, it compares topics and articles so you can get the best quality topics and articles. Finally, she showed us how to look up some books and if they’re not available at the library we can order them online, free!

That was really helpful for me; I can say that I decided to make Coke and how it affects badly on children after I experienced the library class, it was really helpful. Using the library resources and searching its database save time.

But there’s something I don’t like about finding information about my topic, that is, sometimes, I cannot get the accurate information that I’m seeking. Or, citing the information I find takes time to paraphrase and post the correct way of citation. Because academic research requires citation the resources that have been found.

The librarian showed us two ways of citation, I chose APA style, it is easy and simple. And it is the common used way of citation. I like APA style!

At last, I hope that I start typing my research ASAP. Yet, I just picked the topic, searched little information, had ideas about my thesis statement, and what are my 5 problems that I’m going to talk about!

Ahhhhh, hard work! Hate it :p

Obama’s Gorgeous Speech about Racism!

March 18, 2008, Barak Obama made a great speech about racism during his campaign. He gave a strong motivation to go and vote for him, he simply presented the Perfect Leader. He was spontaneous, he spoke honestly, and his speech was convincible because of the truth that shows in his voice. The speech debated racism, the anger between blacks and whites that been built over years. Amazing how he picked his words to explain the wrong situation and how to solve it by stopping the race, extinguish the anger, and to give the next generation a perfect picture of what the U.S. nation is now. He preached to thinning the racial divide, as he calls blacks and whites to come together to present a perfect union. He also showed a great personality by not mentioning his minister, the reason why he made this speech, to clarify his points of view about what he said in the past. He touched a lot of people, as he talked about saving people the ache of injustice, and how the anger between blacks and whites lacks the understanding and the communicating between them. “Not naive enough to believe problems will end in one election cycle” Obama said, I was amazed by these words, so powerful so simple yet, these words meaning is immortalized, he said the truth that problems cannot be end in just once election cycle, he meant to show his honesty that people are his goal, and making the U.S. a perfect union is what he is aiming for. It was a great, convincible speech. Wonderful that left me speechless.

He gave a reliable excuse to be a president!

Viva Obama!