Summary

This is my final post and I will be summarising all of my research findings.
The subject I had chosen was the ancient world and I chose four different subjects to research. The four subjects I chose were, clay tablets as library materials, The Dead Sea Scrolls, the spread of the original alphabet and its adaptation by various peoples around the world and Papyrus scrolls as library materials. The were very interesting to research and I found many great materials about each of them.

Clay tablets as library materials
First I researched clay tablets as library materials and I found one website with a lot of information, a Youtube video that was quite interesting and a great picture of one of the tablets from the website. The last week I made a post with one item for each subject I chose. I found a book about the tables and the picture is of the book.

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

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

Mitchell, S. 2004, Gilgamesh : a new English version, Free Press, New York.

The Dead Sea Scrolls
The second topic I researched was The Dead Sea Scrolls, I found a great book about the scrolls, another Youtube video and a picture of one of the scrolls I found on Google. For the last week I found a website about the scrolls, the picture is also off the website.

Burrows, M, 1955, The Dead Sea scrolls. With translations by the author, Viking Press,New York

Google, The Dead Sea scrolls online, 23rd September, viewed 2nd September 2012, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYj_0foJYA>

ipl 2012, Dead Sea scrolls 2012, The Orion Center, viewed 1st October 2012, <http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/>

Alphabet
The third topic I researched was the spread of the original alphabet and its adaptation by various peoples around the world. I found a subject directory, a Youtube video and a picture I found on the website provided. For the last week I found a podcast about the original alphabet.


G. NS, 2012, What Was the First Alphabet?, About, viewed 28th August 2012, <http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/language/f/1stalphabet.htm> 


TheYizhaqBenAvraham, The Original Hebrew Alphabet, 5th April, viewed 1st September 2012, <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qj0v-qJhjlo>

Yahoo 2012, the original alphabet podcast, the psych files, viewed 1st October 2012, <http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/05/episode-96-video-mnemonics-advanced-the-pegword-system-part-2/>

The Papyrus scrolls
The last subject I researched was the Papyrus scrolls, I found a few different Britannica references, a podcast which was interesting and a picture of one of the scrolls from the Britannica pages. For the last week I found a subject directory website, the picture is also from that website. 

Encyclopedia Britannica 2012, Rhind papyrus, Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed 15th September 2012, <http://www.britannica.com.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/EBchecked/topic/501277/Rhind-papyrus> 
Encyclopedia Britannica 2012, Ebers papyrus, Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed 15th September 2012, <http://www.britannica.com.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/EBchecked/topic/177583/Ebers-papyrus > 
Google 2012, papyrus scrolls podcast, Royal Ontario Museum, viewed 18th September 2012, <http://www.rom.on.ca/media/podcasts/display.php?id=77 >

The New York Times Company 2012, Papyrus scrolls, About, viewed 1st October 2012,<http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nathanielturner.com%2Fwritinghistory.htm>

In conclusion, I thought this was an interesting project. I came across a few different obstacles but I think that I managed to find enough relevant items about each subject; you can really find anything on the Internet. I found using a search engine was the best way to find any source as it has so many return results. Hope you all enjoyed reading! 

Final findings.

We've made it! For my final blog post I thought that I would find one material for each subject I chose using different search methods.

Mitchell, S. 2004, Gilgamesh : a new English version, Free Press, New York.

So my first item is a book about the clay tablets Gilgamesh; I found this item by using the State library of Victoria's catalogue. I headed to their website and typed in 'clay tablets'; I used those keywords as I thought I would have better results. There were plenty of materials to choose from but this particular item caught my eye as it had a thumbnail on the search results.
I thought this book would be a good choice as it has very detailed information about the tablets and their history.

ipl 2012, Dead Sea scrolls 2012, The Orion Center, viewed 1st October 2012, <http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/>

For my second item I will be using the Internet Public Library which is an online ready reference tool and I will be searching the Dead sea scrolls. I first of all went to the Internet Public Library website and typed in the search bar 'Dead sea scrolls'. The first result was pretty much the best result you could get, the description basically said 'if you're studying the scrolls, then this is the website for you.' The website offers a vast range of information about the scrolls and I thought it was a great addition for those who wish to know more about them.

Yahoo 2012, the original alphabet podcast, the psych files, viewed 1st October 2012, <http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2009/05/episode-96-video-mnemonics-advanced-the-pegword-system-part-2/>

My third item I will be researching  the spread of the original alphabet and its adaptation by various people around the world; and I will be using Yahoo which is another search engine to find a podcast. I first of all went to the Yahoo website and typed in the search bar 'the original alphabet podcast' and the podcast was one of the top results. I thought the podcast would be a good addition as there is somebody explaining the alphabet to you which tends to work better for some people. 

The New York Times Company 2012, Papyrus scrolls, About, viewed 1st October 2012, <http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nathanielturner.com%2Fwritinghistory.htm>

And lastly is the Papyrus scrolls as library materials and I will be using About.com which is a subject directory. I firstly went to the website About.com and typed into the search bar 'Papyrus scrolls'. The results were a little bit confusing, but I ended up choosing the first one. This took me to another page where I could choose from various other subject on the Papyrus scrolls; I ended up going with the second result as it mentioned libraries. I was once again whisked away to yet another page that offered quite a details description about the scrolls and their origins. I thought this page was perfect as it gives people an opportunity to further research the scrolls in detail. 

The difficulties this week was once again very minimal, the only trouble I really had was finding a good source from About.com's search results, but it only took an extra couple of minutes to work out. 
The final conclusion, I think I have quite a good run with finding relevant search results using a range of methods. I do need to work on how quickly I can return the results to a customer. 

• Week 2 was the website for clay tablets and a YouTube video regarding Gilgamesh tablets.
• Week 3 was the book about The Dead Sea scrolls and a short YouTube video about them.
•  Week 4 was the subject directory page about the spread of the original alphabet and its adaptation by various peoples around the world. 
• Week 5 was the two items from Britannica and the podcast about the book of the dead. 
• Week 6 we have the book on Gilgamesh, the website about the Dead Sea scrolls, the podcast about the original alphabet and the website about the Papyrus scrolls. 

Thanks for reading!!