05/11/2017
Accessing Resources
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan 9:2 (kjv)
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Pro. 6:6-8 (kjv)
A wise man once said, “There will come a time in a man’s life when he won’t have all the facts”. We then can go this way “there will come a time in a man’s life when he won’t have all the facts to make a resolving decision of a problem”. The question then is, if you are caught up in such a time what will you do? This is what this episode is about. So stay tuned, go line after line, concept after another to grasp the revelation this episode holds.
Huge problems and decisions require more from us than sorting through the familiar details. Therefore we need to access thoughts that may help us make better decisions in that given situation. I don’t think you need to gather much information to decide whether to recharge your mobile credit account or call someone on your cell phone, you already know the facts (and it’s a very small fact) only you have to apply them wisely and you end up with breakthrough. But if you don’t know what to base your decision on or the factors that needs to be considered in solving great matters which you are not familiar with, you will be heading to a crush. A quality thinker is the one armed with accurate information, because the quality of your solutions are as good as the information which you used in decision making. Since we are deal with accessing information, let me take you through the three basic distinct areas where you can access them (the three types of resources)
In this section we will run through the three types of resources and as we explore, we will get to know when and how to get the best out of them and their possible potential hazards involved. Note that this is a general overview. Don’t end up saying he is negating the word of God (the bible) from the system, that is just not it. What I’m doing here is showing you the possibilities to deal with all problems all round and areas where you can access facts to deal with that. Let’s say you have been given a home work to write on how to deal with waste in your community, since it has come to notice that material waste contributes to choked drainage systems and causes floods in the community or the city as a whole. Such problem does not require scriptures to write or deal with the situation, but quality thinking abilities. Such is what the whole subject (Rethink Possible) is engineering you to be. So stay tuned and consume every line to become a quality thinker.
The Internet Resource
The internet boost of millions of information including ancient and modern facts and good and bad. Using the internet is simple, you must know what and the best way of finding it. Search on the internet is done by three methods, which the first is by using search engines, which includes Google and AllTheWeb. The Meta search engine can also be useful, which runs through many sites at a single time. Example, Surfwax searches Yahoo, AOL, CNN, WiseNut, LookSmart and others. The problem is it does not distinguish between good and bad, just list everything it can find.
The About.com, AcadamicInfo, Librarian’s index (www.lii.org), Infomine (www.infomine.ucr.edu) and Yahoo are site directories and are other ways to search on the internet. The beauty of this method is that the site directories list have been chosen by qualified people. Many of the directories even hire experts in various fields to write guides for their chosen subjects and also to provide links to related sites, for this reason sites of poor quality are not likely to be listed.
With encyclopedias, information could be accessed on the internet. Some are as follows; xrefer.com, encyclopedia.com, britanica.com, encarta.com, education.yahoo.com. Some of these sites may launch you into more than a pool of fifty (50) encyclopedias and dictionaries. With others they provide free access to few paragraphs on an article and you pay per annum (depending on their terms) for the sum total. Others also give full access to less important information and totally nothing on matters of importance unless you pay for them. .
Of course online dictionaries are also methods of accessing facts. Dictionaries like Dictionary.com, searches a bunch of dictionaries at a single time including American Heritage (fourth edition), Webster’s Revised Unabridged (1998), Princeton University’s, WordNet, and the CIA World Factbook. M-W.com: Merriam Webster’s older dictionaries searched free; for access to the new eleventh edition, the annual fee based on terms (merriam-webstercollegiate.com)
Other sites are www.bibliomania.com search for author biographies, as well as through full texts of fiction, drama, and poetry. www.nilesonline.com/data deal with links to find statistics and other facts about government, crime, health, politics, and more. www.findarticles.com and www.martindalecenter.com.
The Library
It will interest you to know that not all facts are found on the internet. There still are certain doctrines that are not published on the internet both old and new. Therefore the library then is where we imaginary meet up with great authors and they speak to us. Now let’s consider the reasons we have to go to the library for facts.
• The Librarians
The librarians are trained, certified and qualified professionals who knows what you are looking for, whether on the stacks or on the internet.
• Non-Searchable Prints
As I said, there are millions of books and other printed materials that have not been published online. The human power to key in or scan every old, deteriorating text, such as back issues of journals, magazines, and newspapers, does not exist. But they may be found in libraries either in print or on microfilm or microfiche. Also most outstanding reference sources are not found online but maybe found in the library either in prints or on microfilm or microfiche.
• Reliable Information
Not all the materials found online are accurate and worth to be relied on. Today accessing the internet is easy, provided you have a device and data anybody can just publish something that may appear good but not on the internet. How do you even get to know this very material is genuine, accurate and reliable! I assure you it is because it is revelation and research based. You can testify of the aroma of scriptures and research concept flavor. Really, published books and periodicals have been through many layers of safety notes before they reach the shelves of a library. They are typically written, edited, proofread and fact-checked, published and then are selected by a librarian for purchase. In case you dream of building your own personal library or for public use, there are many points you have to consider in doing that and among them is selecting materials that are commended by other authors.
• Historical Or Current
Although the internet boost of a great source of information, of information that is very ancient or modern. Instances are you can find the Magna Carta, current state and federal status, but legal research on anything in the early mid-twentieth century is difficult to nearly impossible on the net.
• Price Tag
Many of the site platforms that serves as research centers are price tagged. What they charge per annum is nearly impossible to be paid as an individual. But all the library resources are for free, payable ones are paid by the librarians.
Meeting The Experts
A young man who desired greatness met up with a certain great business man and was told “someone has been where you want to be and someone knows what you need to know” and this changed his life forever. An expert can offer you in a brief moment of time what can take you days, weeks, months, or possibly years to find on the internet or library. Checking credentials is also vital as you take advice from experts. Questions like who is he, where is he getting his thoughts from, what resource dose he rely on should be answered before buying their idea.
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