week 4 (1)

OK I fess up: essays have already been submitted 3 weeks ago, and this blog should've been penned up ages ago. Hope I don't get into too much trouble. Anyway, back to the tutorial task:

I didn't the library's full-text database search for my essay, I used google scholar. From then on, I had a starting point, and then searched the library collection for the books that were referenced in the articles I've found using google scholar. In my opinion, our library isn't the best there is. Not saying it's bad, but try finding something really "niche" in there, like ninjutsu, and you'll find nothing.

My essay was about the ipod and the key points I've found online were:- (I'm using past tense but that's because I've got hindsight on my side :p)

• ipods aren't exactly that new
• they are as cultural an item as they are materialistic
• you could most probably ricochet them
• ipods can be educational and/or as dangerous as communism