Generally, EBSCOHost is an good example of invisible database, whereby users can search for journal articles and documents, which is normally cannot be retrieved by using standard search engine. On the homepage of EBSCOHost, there are 4 categories with different functions. In my cases, I decided to use "Find Journal Articles" tab to search for related articles on the research topic.
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| Homepage of EBSCOHost |
In the search query, I typed in the search term using Boolean Operators. By the way, EBSCOHost provide full Boolean Operators support for search query. It's much more easier to type in the search term.
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| Search query on EBSCOHost, with full Boolean Operators support. |
From the search results, I found that the keywords match are very little and not really relevance to my research topic. For example, article " Some simple economics of GM food", talks about the profits and economics side of GM food and how they affect the global economic.
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| Search results page, indicating the number of results matched. |
Below is the chosen article. I think this article is relevant because it states that how to improve confidence of consumer through GM food labeling, allow consumers to have a piece of mind while consuming GM products. The article also aims to promote GM foods and further elaborate on the impact of GM food labeling impositions on the overall viability if GM foods.
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| Chosen article that is relevant to my research topic |
On the other side, in Books24x7, which is a library targeted at IT stuff and technology related books, the search results was very disappointing. None of the results was found when I typed in the search term in search query.
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| Homepage of Books24x7 |
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| No results found related to the search query......disappointing!! |
Therefore, I conclude that not all internet facilities are useful and relevant when come to research, users have to define the topic and filter out the area that the topic belongs to. In order to have a more comprehensive research, users have to try out with different search facilities and analyse it before compiling them together.
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