Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Practicals! done for week 4&5 are as follows.

-Activity 1-

1)Based on your research topic choose relevant keywords to search for relevant topics.
i. http://www.getforme.com/previous2005/
ii.http://www.arup.com/singapore/project.cfm?pageid=9434
iii. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore

2)Keywords used in my research.

Singapore,tourism,integrated resort,impact.

3)Variations to my keywords.

i.Integrated Resort, Variation:IR,casino,resort

ii.Impact, Variation:Benefits,advantages,disadvantages

iii.Tourism, Variation Economy,tourist attraction

4)Search phrases used in my research.

i. Impact of IR on Singapore’s economy
ii. Impact of setting up of casino and resort in Singapore
iii. Benefits/Advantages/Disadvantages of IR in Singapore
iv. Impact of IR on Singapore’s Economy.
v. Singapore’s Integrated Resort as a tourist attraction.

My research process table are as follows.

Keywords used: Singapore,integrated resort,tourism,impact

Search Engine: Google
URL:
http://www.getforme.com/previous2005/
Number of hits: 593000 hits found.

Meta search engine: IX quick
URL:
http://www.arup.com/singapore/project.cfm?pageid=9434
Number of hits: 1,999,235 hits found

Subject directory: Yahoo! Directory
URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
Number of hits: 12 hits found

Search Evaluation

Comparing the search results all the above search facilities are common as they make use of the keywords to narrow down its search.I have also realised that meta search engine enables me to find more information as it has recorded more hits as of compared to subject directory.

I found out that subject directory is relatively weaker in providing me information for my research ,as the resources found there are not very relevant and accurate as of compared to resources found form search & meta search engines.

In the overall perspective i feel that search engines and meta search engines would proved to be more useful to me in my research due to the accuracy and relevant sources that it provides me.