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    This document appears to be an assignment submitted by Vanessa Tracy for her CSIT 101 course. It details her process of researching information on the topic of ethics using the CCBC library databases and websites. She searched the library databases for articles on ethics and found two relevant sources. She also searched online using keywords and found a third article. The document provides citations for the three sources in MLA format and reflects on the process of searching the library databases versus searching online.

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    This document appears to be an assignment submitted by Vanessa Tracy for her CSIT 101 course. It details her process of researching information on the topic of ethics using the CCBC library databases and websites. She searched the library databases for articles on ethics and found two relevant sources. She also searched online using keywords and found a third article. The document provides citations for the three sources in MLA format and reflects on the process of searching the library databases versus searching online.

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    VanessaTracy

    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

    1)

    IntheCCBClibrarywebsiteIsearchedsimplythewordethicsbecausethatwasthe

    topicthatIwasmostinterestedin.Idecidedtouseallofthedatabasesthatwereavailable,I
    thoughtthiswouldprovidethebestandmostvariedresultssothatIwouldhaveseveralarticlesI
    coulduse.ThesedatabasesincludedScienceDirect,AcademicOneFile,CINAHLComplete,
    ExpandedAcademicASAP,andGeneralOneFile.
    WorksCitedMLA:
    `

    Weber,James."InvestigatingandAssessingtheQualityofEmployeeEthicsTraining

    ProgramsAmongUSBasedGlobalOrganizations."
    CCBCLibraryCatalog
    .1June2015.Web.
    15Sept.2015.
    Vynckier,Tine,ChrisGastmans,NancyCannaerts,andBernadetteDierckxDeCasterl.
    "EffectivenessofEthicsEducationasPerceivedbyNursingStudents:DevelopmentandTesting
    ofaNovelAssessmentInstrument."
    CCBCLibraryCatalog
    .22May2015.Web.15Sept.2015.

    VanessaTracy
    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

    VanessaTracy
    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

    VanessaTracy
    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

    2)

    Theartical
    IntegratingEthicsIntoTheCoreOfYourStartups:WhyAndHowfrom

    techcrunch.comtalksabouthowemployeeandcompanyethicsarethekeytoalastingbuissness.
    Itclaimsthatcompaniesthatfocusmoreontheircustomersandemployeesinsteadofshortterm
    financialgainfairbetterinoureconomyovertime.Foundingyourcompanywithstrongethics
    andcharacterpayoffinthelongrun.
    WorksCitedMLA:

    VanessaTracy
    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy

    Wadhwa,Vivek."IntegratingEthicsIntoTheCoreOfYourStartups:WhyAndHow."

    TechCrunch
    .20Mar.2010.Web.19Sept.2015.

    3)

    Isearchedforanotherarticleusingthekeywordsemployeeethics,thecitationforthe

    articleIfoundis:
    Huffman,Nancy."Employers,Employees,andEthics."
    Employers,Employees,and
    Ethics
    .7Oct.2003.Web.19Sept.2015.

    IthinkGooglewasabettersearchengineforthistaskbecause
    Questions

    Bing

    Google

    Why

    Hadmoreadsdisplayed

    Hadnoadslistedbefore

    beforeresults

    results

    Focusedonthewordethics

    Gaveequalweighttoboth

    How/Keywords

    keywords
    Results

    Withonly6,490,000Bing

    With110,000,000results

    didn'tseemtohaveasmuch

    Googlehadmoretooffer

    4)
    a. Althoughitwaswrittenin2003ithasbeenupdatedsincethen.
    b. Ittoofocusesonemployeeandcorporationethicssoitrelatesperfectlytomytopic

    VanessaTracy
    CSIT101Mon,Wed12:201:15
    Assignment1:InformationLiteracy
    c. NancyHuffmanisthechairofTheBoardofEthicsforAmericanSpeechLanguage
    HearingAssociation,otherthanbeingelectedontothisboarddesignatedtoethicsI
    believesheisqualifiedtowriteonemployeeethicsasshehasbeenanemployeeand
    canwritefromthatstandpoint.
    d. Thearticleisaboutemployeesbecomingfamiliarwiththeiremployerscodeofethicsand
    functioningbyit.Itisallopinionbasedandthereforecannotnecessarilybewrongand
    supportsitselfwiththecodeofethicsgivenbycompanies.
    e. Itwaswrittentopersuadeemployeestoreadandcarryouttheirjobsundertheir
    company'scodeofethics.Itisbiasbecauseshethinksthisisthebestwaytoend
    breachesinethicsintheworkforceanddoesnotaddressanyotherway.

    5)

    ItwasextremelyeasytofindwhatIwaslookingforunderthelibrary'swebsite,asimple

    keywordprovidedmewithvariousarticlesIcoulduse.Incontrastfindingthefirstarticleoffof
    theinternetposedaproblem.Isearchedallofthesitesyougavemeandcameupempty
    handedforsomethingthatfitthecriterianeededandmyowntopic.Searchingontheinternetas
    wellmadeitmoredifficultbecauseIcouldnotaseasilyfilterouttheunreliablewebsites.
    IttookmenotimetofindwhatIneededonthedatabasesthroughthelibrarycompared
    totheneverendingsearchingIwasdoingontheinternet.Thefirstarticlealsodelivereditsmain
    pointfasterthanthatofthesecondone.
    IfeltthesecondarticleIgotoffoftechcrunchdidnotholdthea\sameauthorityofthatI
    accessedoffoftheinternet.Thefirstarticlehadamorestudiedairandmorefactstobackit,in
    contrasttotherelaxedstancethesecondarticletook.

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