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LALT section: 6 (classes meeting on Monday’s)

Fall 2009

 Final Project

Research question:

How has globalization affected Egypt?

Website:

Lamm, Jennifer. “The Effects of Globalization on Religious Authority in Egypt: Islamic Banks and Azhar Sheikhs” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 03, 2008, 23-5-2009, Web, 28-11-2009

Current news article on topic:

“India Globalization Capital Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010“, Web. Nov. 16, 2009 .<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0558247.htm>.

A popular non-news article:

Tillman, Benjamin F. “Measuring Globalization’s Influence on the Cultural Landscape.” Southeastern Geographer 49.4 (2010): 340-53. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web, 05-12-2009

Two scholarly articles:

Paczynska, Agnieszka. “Globalization, Structural Adjustment, and Pressure to Conform: Contesting Labor Law Reform in Egypt.” New Political Science 28.1 (2006): 45-64. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 November, 2009

Inhorn, Marcia C. “Global Infertility and the Globalization of New Reproductive Technologies: Illustrations from Egypt.” Social Science & Medicine 56.9 (2003): 1837. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO, Web. 29 November, 2009

 A book (available at AUC Library):

El-Ghonemy, Riad M. Egypt In The Twenty First Century : Challenges For Development, New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. Print

A film (available at AUC Library):

Letters from Cairo. Pamela Nice, Minneapolis, MN : Independent Production, 2003. DVD

2) Really nothing

3) WordPress is very appropriate to our work and study as it enables us to view all blogs to each other

4) I think one of the drawbacks of  WordPress is when the user wants to post something sometimes it rejects

5) Really to enforce freshmens to take this course

Works Cited

Google News:

“India Globalization Capital Announces Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 “Web. 11/16/2009 <http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0558247.htm>. Nov. 16, 2009

LexisNexis:

Rodrik, Dani. “Death of Globalization Consensus.” Korea Times July 15 2008Web. Nov. 16, 2009

Works Cited

Paczynska, Agnieszka. “Globalization, Structural Adjustment, and Pressure to Conform: Contesting Labor Law Reform in Egypt.” New Political Science 28.1 (2006): 45-64. Web.,10.11.2009

“The Rhetoric and Reality of Aid: Promoting Educational Technology in Egypt.” Globalisation, Societies & Education 2.3 (2004): 377-90. Web.,10.11.2009

Psychology: PsycARTICLES

1. What is the name of the database?  PsycARTICLES
2. What disciplines or areas does it cover?  Psychology
3. What dates are covered by the database? 1988 – present
4. What kinds of materials does it contain? full text articles on current issues in psychology published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations
5. What languages are the materials in? English
6. Is it available off-campus? Yes
7. Is full-text available? Yes

Psychology:  PsycInfo

1. What is the name of the database?  PsycInfo
2. What disciplines or areas does it cover?  Psychology
3. What dates are covered by the database? 1872 – present
4. What kinds of materials does it contain? Includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior
5. What languages are the materials in? English
6. Is it available off-campus? Yes
7. Is full-text available? Yes

I think both databases are easy to use but the differences that I found out are in quick research and the depth of research. PsycInfo database is better in quick research as I found most of the results relevant to my topic while the PsycARTICLES database is better in terms of depth of research as the results that are relevant are extremely deep in my topic. So therefore if I want to make a quick research I will use PsycInfo database and if I want to find out deep details in a certain topic I will use PsycARTICLES database.

Academic Disciplines: Social Sciences such as Anthroplogy, Psychology, Area Studies, culural studies

Major and Minors related: Psychology (B.A) , Middle East Studies (B.A), Egyptology (B.A), Anthroplogy (B.A).

DataBases: PsycINFO, Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies

By using the Database that is related to my research question

1) A book on the topic from the AUC Library:

Author name: Chaichian, Mohamed A 

Title : Town and country in the Middle East : Iran and Egypt in the transition to globalization, 1800-1970 / Mohammad A. Chaichian.

Publisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books

Year of publication: c2009

call number: Main Library; HT147.I6 C45 2009

2) A book published between 2002 and 2004:

Author name: M. Riad El-Ghonemy  

Title : Egypt in the twenty first century : challenges for development.

Publisher: New York, NY : RoutledgeCurzon

Year of publication: 2003

call number: Main Library; HC830 .E3772 2003

3) A film held by AUC:

name of film:  Letters from Cairo [videorecording] / by Pamela Nice

Call number: DT107.826 .L37 2003 

2) Research Statment: Globalization and Egypt, 5 articles published in 2004 were available

APA:  Warschauer, M.(2004). The rhetoric and reality of aid: promoting educational technology in Egypt.  Globalisation, Societies & Education, 2(3),377-390. http://search.ebscohost.com,doi:10.1080/1476772042000252498 

3) 43 articles were available,

 MLA : Paczynska, Agnieszka “Globlization, structural Adjustment, and Pressure to conform: contesting labor law reform in Egypt.” New political Science 28.1 (2006): 45-64. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Wed. 19 Oct. 2009. 

4) 1 aticle,

MLA: Jones, Lucy “Clinton’s Last Push For Peace.” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 20.2(2001):33. Academic Search Complete.EBSCO. Wed.19 Oct.2009

Research Question : How has globalization affected Egypt and Egyptians?
Research Statment: globalization and egypt and egyptian

MLA: Paczynska, Agnieszka “Globalization, Structural Adjustment, and Pressure to Conform: Contesting Labor Law Reform in Egypt.” New Political Science 28.1 (2006): 45-64. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. 

Second Article:

Research Question:What changes occur in the brains of adolescents?
Research Statment:changes and brains and adolesecents                                                                                                        MLA:Oehmichen, Manfred, Fabian Woetzel, and Christoph Meissner “Hypoxic–ischemic changes in SIDS brains as demonstrated by a reduction in MAP2-reactive neurons.” Acta Neuropathologica 117.3 (2009): 267-274. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Oct. 2009.

Search statment: Egypt and Weather

Topic: Egypt Weather

Article 1

• Author: El-Magd, I. Abou¹ imagd@narss.sci.eg and Hillman, P. F.²
• Title of article: “Geomorphological monitoring of a highly dynamic estuary using oblique aerial photographs”
• Date of publication: June 2009
• Volume and issue numbers: Vol. 2 Issue 2
• Page numbers of the article: p109-121
• Permalink:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=39778030&site=ehost-live
• Subject headings:

*GEOMORPHOLOGICAL mapping
*GEOMORPHOLOGY
*GEOGRAPHIC information systems
*AERIAL photographs
*MARINE plants
*ESTUARINE biology
*REMOTE sensing

Article 2

• Author:  El-Askary, H.^1,2 helaskar@gmu.edu
               Kafatos, M.³
• Title of article: “Dust storm and black cloud influence on aerosol optical properties over Cairo and the Greater Delta region, Egypt.“
• Title of journal: Comparative Education
• Date of publication: Dec2008
• Volume and issue numbers: Vol. 29 Issue 24
• Page numbers of the article: p7199-7211
• Permalink: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=35140770&site=ehost-live
• Subject headings:                                                                                                                                             *DUST
  *AEROSOLS
  *OPTICAL properties
  *POLLUTION