Library Week

     During the classes of the last week we have worked in the library of University of Idaho. The Librarians conducted two classes teaching about how find sources on the library, as well as, find sources on good websites through the library webpage. Moreover, they focus on how find reliable references on the Internet. Those classes were really usable for me, because I’m not familiar with the library website and I don’t know too many good American websites to find articles, as well. With the help of Librarian I have found an article and two books related with my research question (Does social media change people's behaviors when voting?) until now.
     Even after I have found some sources for my research, the topic still is a little bit extensive for me. For example, until now most of the sources talk about the social media x politics in U.S., but I also found a source talking about this influence in Zimbabwe elections. The impact of the social media is even more different in my country, because in Brazil people are required to vote, so the social media doesn’t changes the participation, but can strongly changes the opinion of people. I believe that a comparison of different countries will be complicated, and at the same time, I will need search a lot of about American politics to write just about U.S. Anyway, I’m still deciding how I will work with all my sources in order to write a good essay.

     The image below shows how I’m feeling with the English 102 course until now. I believe it have been a good opportunity to searching, learning, and thinking more about different topics. As I’m a senior major of Civil Engineering, for a long time I don’t researching and writing more cautiously on other matters. Therefore, the English 102 course has been more enjoyable than I was expecting.
   

                                                                   Image source: http://www.kellerink.com/blog/importance-learning-learn