Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Databases 10/8/12



I chose my major discipline as law. Though I am majoring in computer science, I am also very interested in law. I found a few different databases that I could use and compare for which one provides the most information. The first database I read was Georgia Code. It gave me a bunch of different topics to choose from, such as alcohol, agriculture, animals, etc. that I could read to understand the laws based on those subjects. Another database I used was a website for the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. This website was useful in that I could read about current issues that he is dealing with. Both of these databases gave me plenty of information within seconds. The subject specific database, in my opinion, is much faster and easier. I feel it gives you more results on your topic. It is obviously more specific which is very useful, because I don’t want random databases coming up that have little to nothing to do with my research. I think that if my subject is very broad, then I would use Discovery because it would cover a variety of topics that all are related to a general subject. When researching something more specific, then I would use the subject specific database.

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