I'm going to start off with a quick summary. I really like having the ability to search for topics within specific domains. I found the .org to be the least relevant of the three here. It's kind of neat to see only government sites or only educational sites. If you need to broaden things just bring in the .com and you'll get plenty of hits. It's a subtle way to alter your searches but very effective. For academic purposes I can see using the .gov and .edu a lot more often from here on out. Just to clarify, I used Yahoo search engine for all four citations and repeated the same boolean search for each as well. I received plenty of hits with this strategy.
a) Yahoo.com
b) I used the boolean statement:
"domestic violence" or "family violence" and "native american*" or "american indian" and prevalen*
(.gov)
Author. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Prevalence of adult domestic violence among women seeking routine care in a Native American health care facility. Oct 1998. Mar 6 2066. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508473/
Since the website is a database for medical journals I assume the content has been peer reviewed and its purpose is to educate or inform on a specific aspect of the topic. It is also a .gov domain which might make it more credible.
(.com)
Author. Informaworld. Domestic Violence Among the Navajo: A Legacy of Colonization. 2011. Mar. 06 2011. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a904397813&db=all
This website is also for medical journals or academic journals. There are references as well. I've never heard of this database but it looks quite useful
(.edu)
Sokolof, Natalie J. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Multicultural Perspectives on Domestic Violence. 2000. Mar. 06 2011. http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/research/DomesticViolence/ii.html
This site is a criminal justice college website that is for educating and the article has many thorough references. It appears to be current.
(.org)
Author. Family Violence Prevention Fund. Violence Prevention Leader Lauds Senate Committee on Indian Affairs For Passing Tribal Law & Order Act of 2009. 2011. Mar. 06 2011. http://www.endabuse.org/content/news/detail/1360
Not entirely sure about this one but it seems that the purpose of this site is raising awareness and funds. Seems to be fact based with little or no bias. The article is linked to outside pages for more information to reference. I'd trust it.
Hi, Rick:
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found the assignment interesting and useful. It is a nice way to try and focus your results. It still requires work on your part to evaluate and dig around but I agree that .edu and .gov sites are a bit more reliable and credible for academic research.