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Search terms: Social networking, social networking and effects

Kiesbye, Stefan. Are Social Networking Sites Harmful? Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2011. Clark College Catalog. Web. 13 May 2012.

This is an actual book.

 Subject headings:
Online social networks-- juvenile literature

Internet and children-- juvenile literature
Internet and teenagers-- juvenile literature
Internet-- safety measures

 Location: Cannell Second Floor

Call #:  HM742 .A74 2011

The book seems credible, contains a lot of common information and information to back it up, also contains opinions and opposing opinions on certain topics. The author addresses other authors/ individuals and clearly states who said what. The book was published at a recent date.
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Search terms: Social networking and harmful

Haugen, Hayley M., and Susan Musser. Internet Safety. Detroit, Mich: Greenhaven, 2008. Issues That Concern You. Summit Catalog. Web. 13 May 2012.

This is a book.

Subject headings:
Internet and teenagers-- United States
Online social networks-- United States
Internet-- security measures
Internet-- safety measures

Location: WorldCat libraries

Call #: none

This book is credible, it contains all authors/ contributors. The book was published in 2008, it is somewhat recent. Presents diverse opinions on the topic. Contains valid information and common info.
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Search terms: Social network

Bahadur, Gary, Jason Inasi, and Alex de Carvalho. Securing the Clicks: Network Security in the Age of Social Media. McGraw-Hill/Osborne. © 2012. Books24x7.
This is an E book.

Subject headings:
Network Security, Social software web 2.0


 Location: IT pro books 24x7

Call #: none

This book is credible, contains all authors/ contributors. It was published in 2012, so it is very recent. The book contains step by step information on practicing internet security, and case studies.
IT pro seems to be a very different database than I have ever used before. I have never searched through an E book database. It was easy to narrow my topic on the database, I simply typed "Social network" and came up with a book that fit my research guidelines. I did not need to use the advanced search options to find what I was looking for.
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Search terms: Social networking harmful

Papacharissi, Zizi. A Networked Self: Identity, Community and Culture on Social Network Sites. Taylor and Francis E Library, 2010. Google Books. Web. 13 May 2012.

This is an E book.

Subject headings:
Are social networking sites harmful?
Who's in your social network?

Location: Google books

Call #: none

This book is credible, it was published in 2010. It contains all authors. The information is valid and reliable.
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The database most useful for my topic was, the Clark catalog. I found this database to be the easiest to search through. I think, because it was easy to maneuver and find the information on the book I was looking at. But I hope to use the other databases in the future for research.