post 5

a. Which criteria did you use to evaluate Stomp.com? Why did you choose this criteria? What lessons have you learnt from this activity?

I evaluate stomp.com by find out the purpose, coverage, accessibility, presentation and agreement, and usability. I will emphasize on accessibility. There was not any restriction to access through registration and logging in. The images and existence of thumbnails are available.

Through this activity, I have learnt not to trust online sources too easily as the information they provide may not be accurate.

b. How do you feel about sharing your views via Wiki?

I felt that we can learn a lot of things from other people as we can get some comments. And it is fun to share with many people

post 4

Do you think it is more effective to search the invisible web (databases) than using search engines, meta-search or subject directories? Why?

No, I think that search engines, meta-search or subject directories are more effective than to search using invisible web (databases) as I had tried using Invisible web gateways to research on my topic, but this invisible web do not have much information for me to use. Although, the information was reliable due to the resources being maintained by government agencies and non-profit organizations. Still, there were irrelevant resources found and limited information.