วันจันทร์ที่ 21 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552

Excercise 4

1.Where can you find information about Nobel Prize?Who get the Nobel Prize this year?




-The Nobel Peace Prize 2008"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"Photo: Ken OpprannMartti AhtisaariFinlandb. 1937Titles, data and places given above refer to the time of the award.


2.Go to Encylopedia online at http://library.spu.ac.th search for the history of automobiles or computer.Summarize the information you get.

-HistoryMain article: History of computer scienceThe early foundations of what would become computer science predate the invention of the modern digital computer. Machines for calculating fixed numerical tasks, such as the abacus, have existed since antiquity. Wilhelm Schickard built the first mechanical calculator in 1623.[6] Charles Babbage designed a difference engine in Victorian times[7] helped by Ada Lovelace.[8] Around 1900, punch-card machines[9] were introduced. However, all of these machines were constrained to perform a single task, or at best some subset of all possible tasks.

3.What is the difference between general book and reference book?

-The Book of General is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson,to help spread the QI philosophy of curiosity to the reading public.It is a trivia book, aiming to address and correct the "comprehensive and humiliating catalogue of all the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'" - it is therefore known not as a 'General Knowledge' book, but as "General Ignorance".As well as correcting these "all-too-common" mistakes, the book(s) attempt to explain how the errors have been perpetuated, and why people believe inaccurate 'facts' to be true.

-Reference book Books are usually the easiest things to reference. Just remember that the author goes first, followed by the year, title, place published and publisher. When there are two authors, use an ampersand (&) to separate the last author. The title should be underlined or typed in italics.

4.When do you need to search information from the reference collection?

-For further information.

5.what type of reference collection that you like to use most? And why?
- Encyclopedia , because it's contain a lots of information.

6.Encyclopedic

-Oxford,AdvanceLearner,Encyclopedic,Dictionary,Page 169

-Clubs

The London'gentlemen's clubs'evolved from the coffee-houses and taverns that existed in the 17th and 18th centuries.They are characterized by their social exclusivity and their male-orientated organization and atmosphere.Even today there are a few clubs that do not admit women as member.Inthe past their role was to provide for upper-class men the allmale environment that they were used to at puplic school and in the army.

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