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The Ancient World

First of all I have copied and pasted my research brief so the rest of you guys understand a little about my blog.

For this research task I am choosing the topic 'The Ancient World' from 'The history of libraries, books and communication' page, because I think this would be a very interesting area for both the client and myself as I would like to develop my own understanding about this area. In this project I have chosen four subjects to cover and they are; clay tablets as library materials, The Dead Sea Scrolls, the spread of the original alphabet and its adaption by various peoples around the world and Papyrus scrolls as library materials. I have chosen these subjects because I feel that they all relate to one another and it may be beneficial for the researcher and may be of interest to the client encouraging them to use the library more.     

With these four subjects, I intend to cover various research methods that I studied in research skills 1. For each blog post I make I aim to have used a different research method and provide a different item each week whether it be physical or digital, maybe on one week I will do a physical item then the other week a digital item so I can relate to a broader audience. There are many ways to find information and I am going to try to cover most of those methods to show you my research capabilities. I will be using search engines at first which I feel will have the best returns as they are the leading research methods, Google, Yahoo and Bing are the most popular search engines today.  

Monographs and journal titles; I will use various library catalogues, maybe one state library which will be the State Library of Victoria and a couple of public libraries in my council to find a few items. I will also try and provide an even mixture of relevant materials for people who prefer hard copies. I could also try to find some kind of audio or visual item on YouTube to post on my blog but I have a feeling that might be a bit difficult to find.   

I will also use an online ready reference tool such as the Internet Public Library website which I know has a large range of items. Also subject directories such as About.com and virtual references such as Encyclopedia Britannica which I think may be a little more challenging as they have a little less information.   

By using a vast range of search methods, it should provide sufficient information about my chosen subjects and will also allow me to have an ample amount of data for each of my blog posts.  

I have a short statement about me on the home page if any of you are interested. I look forward to reading everyone's posts and I hope you guys enjoy mine as well!