Libary Book

Step1

1. Why did you select the book you brought to class?

Because after I teach the Chinese history and culture class in china, it just Chinese teacher teach Chinese students. I want to stand on different way to see this history and culture. I want know what the foreigner think china.

2. How many authors does it have?

The book have two authors, name is W. Scott Morton and Charltion M. LEWIS

3. What is the title?

China Its History and Culture Fourth Edition

4. Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?

The McGraw-Hill company printed the book. No re-printed. It was distributed in the US.

5. Which city was it printed in, and when? You may find that certain books were printed

Printed in New York, Chicago and San Francisco on 1976.

Step2

The book ‘China Its History and Culture Fourth Edition ‘was compiled by W. Scott Morton and Charltion M. LEWIS.  This book published on 1976. The McGraw-Hill company printed the book. No re-printed. It was distributed in the US.  This is interest book for me, the book was talk about the China even city history and culture. The Chinese history is a challenge and a bewildering labyrinth. The reason is probably the huge size of China in people and land as well as the 4000 years of its history.

Research Tips and Tutorials

In the SCSU, students very often use library.  Students should know How to find information that they need. The St. Cloud state university library webpage provides a link to help the student with their research and paper. This link will help student with several subjects such as Starting Your Research, Finding Resources, Evaluating Information, Using the Information You Find.

First, the part provides basic information and links about researching via library. ‘Library 101’ is a guide with some tips to help you get your research papers done quickly and painlessly.  ‘How to Find Hot topics’ this guide will give you some suggestions and list resources that will help you select a topic and find background information on that topic at the same time. . ‘Information Cycle’ is you can know where can find the information easier.  ‘Library Resources and Services for Graduate Students ‘,’Primary Sources’,’ Minnesota History Day/Primary Resources’ this link about the source depending on the topics.

Second, this part provides information about scholarly articles such as how to find it via library, and how it is distinguished from popular magazine articles through comparison. ‘Internet Search Tools’ is links to selected search engines, comparisons of search engines, and website evaluation guides.

Last, ‘Evaluating Information and Using the Information You Find’ there are also links to help show how to cite, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, and reference woks basics how to manage citations and creating bibliographies.  Students are also able to see how to make an account with Reworks Basics that helps to manage citations and create bibliographies.

Part 3 Review (Group3)

Group 3: Alhajri, Faisal M, Almnasef, Ahmed, Alsufair, Hussain Adel, and Shi, Mengzhen


Upon returning to New Jersey after Conor's year long journey around the world. He was greeted first by his mother at the airport, and then soon after arriving home friends of Conor were inviting him out on the town. He had seen anyone for so long and had been gone for so long he has a lot to catch up on with his friends. Conor described home as "everything, everywhere, seemed squeaky clean. Everyone in the city dressed in clothes that positively gleamed, in collared shirts, gorgeously pressed and starched. Nobody wore the same clothes even two days in a row, let alone two months in a row" (Conor Grennan Little Princes pg 98). As Conor was enjoying his days back in the United States he did not forget about Nepal. He did not want to be a volunteer who disappeared back into his everyday life, so Conor sent emails frequently to Farid and Hari at the Little Princes orphanage.

Once Conor was back in New Jersey for a few weeks he started a job hunt. He had decided it was that time in his life to get a job, settle down with someone, and start a life. Conor was distracted however by the news from Nepal. Apparently after leaving Nepal the government situation had worsened and protesters were taken to the streets. At the height of the protesting, King Gyanendra on April 24, 2006 announced the reinstatement of the democratically elected parliament. Conor was excited for Nepal and thought the children at Little Princes now had a brighter future in front of them.

Soon after the cease-fire in Nepal, Conor received an email that would change everything he had decided to do with his life since he had been back in the United States. The email was from Viva Bell who was one of the leaders of the Umbrella Foundation. The email said that it had taken the team from the Umbrella Foundation three weeks to get across town to rescue the seven children because of the curfew put on the city by the government. Viva stated that they had found the house without trouble because of Conor's directions given to them. Upon arrival they found Nuraj's mother and her son but the seven children were nowhere to be found. They were soon informed that Golkka had heard the children were to be rescued and he had taken the children around forty-eight hours before the volunteers had arrived. Conor soon became haunted by the words he had said to the children before he left Nepal. He told them that "somebody was coming for them, somebody who they could trust" - (Conor Grennan, Little Princes, pg 101).

After sitting in his bedroom staring at the email for over an hour Conor glanced at his notebook next to the computer that had information on his job search. He tore the pages out and made a new page that contained the names of the seven children and that was is next objective. To save the seven children whom he felt he betrayed. Conor started by informing Farid of the situation with an email. Farid and Conor spent whole days brainstorming on how they would go about saving the children. They decided they somehow needed to raise money to give them a chance in providing the children with a safe place to live. The process started with Conor creating a nonprofit organization. This took many man hours because Conor had no idea how to even start. He needed to have a mission for this organization. After a few more days of brainstorming Conor decided on the mission for his nonprofit organization. His mission would be to find the families of the trafficked children in Nepal. He would start with the children of Little Princes then hopefully find the other seven children in the process. His organization was soon taking shape and he called it Next Generation Nepal. Once Conor raised enough money for his organization. He started using all his contacts he had and was soon back in Nepal to fulfill his nonprofit organizations goal of finding the families of trafficked children and his own personal goal of finding the seven children.

Analysis

As already alluded, this chapter helps to create the contrast in the author’s experience and by extension helps to give weight to the level of sacrifice that the author made when he decided to stay in Nepal and help the ‘orphans’ reunite with their parents. From the mother’s and friend’s reactions when they finally get to meet Grennan, it is evident that the author was loved very much back at home. The author’s description of the food back at home also proves that he had missed a lot during his time away from home. The author’s friends rush to hook him up with a mate also shows the changes in his social life. Furthermore, the author’s hurry to find a new job and his admission that he was broke shows the break in his career. All these happening serves one purpose: proving that the author selfness. It is interesting to note the kind of comfort that he, the author had decided to sacrifice in order to navigate the dangerous juggles of Nepal in order to keep his promise of reuniting the children at the orphanage with their parents. This chapter, above all, brings to the fore the fact that Grennan had performed his own expectation and the expectations of his own family and friends. At this point we see a man who had all the best that life could offer and who had set out just to have more fun and adventure but who is transformed into a selfless savior.

Group1

1. Validity of Website

Author

-Include authors name

-If not there, find sponsoring organization on homepage

Publisher

-Professional sources

example: journals

-Non-professional sources

example: magazines

-Sponsorship by respected organization



Dates
-Find date website was created
-Find date website was last edited
-Find history of when website was edited
-Find the copyright date

Goals
-Find out the purpose of the website
-Make sure pictures on the website related to the purpose
-Make sure the purpose of the website is the same as your research
-Make sure the source reports all sides equally

Scope
-Authors specialization
-Internal references and further reading
-Accepted knowledge in field or new theory
-Derivation of new information

Accuracy/Verification
-Replicate authors work
-Sources to verify information
-Text better than graphics
-Grammatical errors and typos

2. Website Names

Kind of information
http
Used for data collection and information systems
gopher
Used for searching for and retrieving sources online.
ftp
Transfer files from one host to another
news
Allows users from different locations to communicate

Name of the website
-Includes domain name
example: google, amazon, yahoo
-Gives purpose of website
.edu if used for educational purposes
.com if used for commercial purposes

Filetype
-Most websites are text documents and end in .html or .htm
-Picture documents end in .jpg or .gif
-Compressed files end in .zip or .tar

3. Bibliography

-Gives credit to a source when using there information to avoid plagirism

-Use MLA or APA style

Little Princes Book Review

   Conor Gernnas was a very well writer. I am so impressed not only by the way the author presenting his experience but also by the stories he went though. At first Conor Grennan want to travel round the world and wanted to do something completely different in his life. He just go to in Nepal take advantage of finish hid traveling. However, he life was changed when he arrived at a thorp name is Gon and he work for an orphanage. Conor Gennan know about these Nepal orphanage and get along with them. He make huge decide that he want help children to found their parents.

 

   Volunteering in an development country is not what we imagined and we just can't picture it. The author was almost broken down during his first days in Nepal by the completely different environment, culture shock and the war. It is an impact that great enough that can change one's life expectation and it is what we are seeing in the book. Even a short term volunteering at the Little Princes, Cornor was luckily enough see find the need of human nature and his missionary and this brought him back to Nepal years later. He wasn't thinking about a profound success in Nepal and so does other NGOs. Cornor did what others did, simply starting from the kids nearby, and then  against a dangerous trafficker, feeling hopelessly when dealing with fighting Nepal system and eventually risking his own life trekking into the mountains of villages seeking children's family. All this comes out from a common man like you and me.

 

   One may ask, "how does he get all these motivations to put his years in a remote place?" From my understanding, the answer is very simple. It comes from the inner of everyone. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.(John 15:12-13 New international Version) as god's word goes. This is so simple that one my not accept it and I understand it. It is hard for anyone not in the situation to get the idea.

 

   I have a friend who is volunteering in Ghana right now. She has been there for weeks. I phoned her several times. She is suffering from the culture shock at the beginning and then she find the beauty of the country and kindness of villagers. I cannot see through her words. Though I cannot feel the impact but I can tell from her voices that she feels something different. Maybe we don't what it is now, but both of us agree that it will emerge one day and that is a turning point.

 

Bibliography

 

(John 15:12-13 New international Version)

http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/passage.aspx?q=john+15:12-17

Compare

Part 1 Page 5-6

Conor Grennan live at ease. He have good job and do not need to worry about money. As such, he should not be settled on the present situation and  needed a change. He want to travel round the world and wanted to do something completely different in his life. So, he decided to volunteer in a orphanage. He think help orphanage in Nepal that was very good excuse and chance. Not only this plan can get support from his friends and family, but also he can get chance to travel and get a new life.

Part2 Page 53-55

However, Conor Grennan know about these Nepal orphans and get along with them. He did not expected that he had become so emotionally attached to the children. He cannot leave these orphans. These orphans change his mind and life. They make feel him that he was father. To provide him with accountability. Make himself to know what is really important meaning of family. He feel these orphans become to be a part of his life, he will make an obvious effort to do so.

Compare Part1 and Part2

At first Conor Grennan just want to helped orphans in Nepal take advantage of finish his traveling plan, because help orphans is good excuse to help him get support from his family and friends. However, He feel orphans needed him when he leave Nepal. He feel he become responsibility. So Conor Grennan has two very different feel between Part1 and Part2.

Review: " Who Am I"

The names of the top three posts were:

1)Peterson, Victoria A

2)Mingjie Zhu

3)Chuyan Gao

These three are what I am thinking great, because they have good word and clearness thinking. Their essay are very easy to understand when I am reading.

Grades:

Here it is

Who am I？

My name is MengzhenShi. I come from  China. I am graduate from JiNan senior high school. Now, I study in SCSU. My major is accounting. My country is very beautiful. China have 13 billion people. My city is near Beijing. My mother language is Chinese. In my hometown people very friendly and lovely. I love my country! Many people asked me "Why do you go to college in America?" In the china student learning English is very universal. In the china, students learning English is very universal. I learning English am long time. I think English is very general. But Chinese students usually choose university in China. However, my father once told me that, in the college, what I have done should not just for a good academic result but for my interesting things. I should make sense of myself  entirely and then go out  to apply what I have learned in practice. So, I decide to stud aboard in US to challenge myself in the different cultures and get to know the pattern of thought in US.

   About my life, I am tall girl in my city. There are only three in my family. My father is a master, he told me many interesting scientific knowledge when I was young. My mother work in a China Postal company. As for my hobbies, I like traveling best. I often go to other country or province with my parents during the holiday. Last year we went to South Korea and visited Hong Kong. When I was travel, I can learn different culture and people. I can taste lots of local food, too. I love cooking , I can make many Chinese food such as dumplings and noodles. I usually make food with my mother on the weekend. I usually read English story books or watch English movies in my free time, because that can improve my English. Sometimes I surf the Internet to watch movies and download the E-book to read. Reading E-book is fun and very convenience. In addition, it also enlarges my vocabulary works because of the advanced technology, the vivid animations and the colloquial lines.