First findings.

Nicole Silvester, 2009, Clay tablets as books, glam media, viewed 27th August 2012, <http://suite101.com/article/clay-tablets-can-be-books-too-a155685 > 

The first topic I decided to research is 'clay tablets as library materials'; I firstly did a catalogue search on the State Library of Victoria's website where though it came up with a few results, I didn't feel they were really appropriate and relevant enough for this subject. So I thought the best results would come from a search engine such as a Google search. 

What I did this week is I typed www.google.com into the browsers address bar. Once the page loaded I then searched 'clay tablets as library materials', I tried the heading first to get the best results. 

Firstly it came up with a few websites that didn't really appeal to me for example Wiki, and we all know Wiki isn't really the most reliable source. But a couple of results down was a website that I thought was perfect; it provides a basic description about what clay tablets are and a brief description of their history. I thought providing a website with basic information first was the best thing to do. By doing this I thought it would give an insight about clay tablets to people that are a little less familiar about their history or even what they are. I also chose this as I don't really know much about them myself. 

The website also offers further information about specific clay tablets and relating topics, for those who are interested in further exploring. 

I also found a interesting video off YouTube about 12 clay tablets of Gilgamesh. I first used the same key words I used for my Google search above. The search returned a few videos, but with YouTube you have to siphon through videos that aren't related. Luckly I didn't really have to do that for this search. 

rewilkins2, The Epic of Gilgamesh (1/11), 28th February, viewed 30th August 2012, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPhk84TTnw >

I would have to say that the only difficulty I had this week was trying to find a relevant item on the State Library of Victoria's catalogue. Finding a website was quite easy, but I'm sure over the next few weeks I will have a few more difficulties as I try different search methods and different results. My YouTube results were relevant to what I was looking for so finding the right video wasn't too much of a task. As for my research process, I think I did quite well and managed to find a good result in a short amount of time. 
Although when it comes time to find different formats, the process may take a little longer but we'll just have to wait and see. 

In conclusion, I find that the chosen website is perfect for the first finding in my researching blog as it isn't too intense for both the reader and me seeings as I have never done a blog before. 

• Week 2 we have a website for clay tablets as library materials and a YouTube video regarding Gilgamesh tablets.