My first try at the newspaper search! Since we had an earthquake last night, I tried to research Maine Earthquakes. I got over 4000 hits!. Some were applicable some not so. Lots of media sources to choose from as well. I used the Maine Newspaper to get more local articles and then plugged into Proquest for a more broad perspective. They were interesting to read. I tried to get pictures and graphs but that was not going to happen. Perhaps there are no pictures of Maine faults or graphs of Maine earthquakes. Very disappointing as I am sure there are somewhere. Just have to ask the right question.
Then I played with the obituaries. I couldn't find folks I personally know who have died. Like my mother for instance. Finally, because I asked in a certain way I was able to locate her obit. I think it is so aggravating how that works. It is not limited to this Marvel site but all data search engines it seems. I was ready to give up and just reread her obit that I have ! I probably can't find that either however! In any event I enjoyed searching through newspapers and seeing how far a subject or topic can be broken down until it is not relevant anymore.
Because I do not deal with the public as much as some, I cannot comment on how I have helped someone else. Although, I will say I mention Marvel to my college aged daughter alot lately!
My other main issue concerns the Alert tab. I had to make yet another account. I read one other blogger comment on this as well. Annoying. In any event when I tried to create an alert on my topic, I was unable to do so due to a server error. Computers will be the death of me! I cannot stand that aggravation so I sent a text off to the help guru and he replied to clear my cookies. So I will and see what happens. Now if I didn't know what he meant I would simply go have dessert! Maybe that is the best solution after all. Everything works better after a healthy dose of cookie jar cleaning!
I have tried to read others blogs but not many have done their homework as yet. I will try later on in th week.
I was not able to create the Alert and also received the message indicating a server error. I read your post and tried cleaning up cookies but that did not help. Did not like creating another account. I already have way to many passwords to remember. As far as searching using Proquest I was disappointed with the 10 results that showed up as half of them had nothing to do with the term (southern maine 2012 earthquake.) I suppose if I had narrowed it down further I would have received some awesome information. I did not do an advanced search. I enjoyed reading your post! Marlene
ReplyDeleteFWIW, try the USGS website for information about the earthquake: www.usgs.gov. There is a link to the information page on the lower-left of the home page. From there, check out the "shakemap" and the "DYFI" link. DYFI stands for "Did You Feel It," a crowdsourced map of how people from all over New England felt the quake. If you Google "fault lines Maine" there's a .pdf from Colby that is excellent and easy to read...sincerely, a closet Rock Jock from Richmond Middle and High School - Andrea Terry
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't get those darned alerts to work...I guess we can give the "help" desk guy thumbs down and chalk it up to a bigger issue if so many of us cannot make it work.
ReplyDeleteOk so I am trying to comment on other blogs. I cannot get it to publish. My computer thinks I am a robot and I guess I must be ! any suggestions?
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