Invisible web / Database

Hi,

Today i have search the database on my research topic on the TP library website.

So most of the database requires the user to pay for the use of the database to search for information. However, TP have paid some of these databases for us, TP students to use to search for information. Some of the the databases available on TP website are EBSCOhost, Factiva, LexisNexis Butterworth, Newslink and more.

I have used 2 of those databases. One of them is EBSCOhost.
EBSCOhost is a database that offer lots of general features and also support boolean operators. I am able to search for articles and much more. It also provides me with the citation and also highlight the keywords that i am looking for. Besides that, it also have a bar where by it measures the relevance to the search topic.

The other one that i have used is Factiva.
Factiva is also another database but it offers much less general features than EBSCOhost and it does not support boolean operators. The search is also quite difficult as if the search topic is too long, there would not be any results. However, it is similar to EBSCOhost in the way that it also highlight and bold the keywords of the search topic.

Both of these databases gives very few results that are less than 10 for my search topic. Some of the results are also not very relevant to the search topic. However, it provide sources as to where i can get these infomations.

I would use these databases for my research on my own diploma as there is another database call Newslink, where i can search the databases for news which my research for my diploma's project is needed. Therefore, i would find this database most useful.

As for what i have learnt from the wiki experience, i find that most of the things that i know about GM Food are quite general, however most of them are quite similar to the search results but still not sufficient. From the wiki sharing, i am able to learnt more about these GM Foods and how the society are perceiving them.