Thursday, September 24, 2009

RJA #6c: Protopage

http://www.protopage.com/matt_t_eng#Untitled/eng1020

RJA #6b: Search Strings

Boolean

(late* or current*) and (law* or government) and (wiretap*)

(current* or action*) and (patriot act of fisa) and (electronic next surveillance)

Search engine math

+patriot act -football +electronic surveillance

+wiretap +government +FISA

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

Name of author - NA
Title of article - Bush accepts NSA wiretap court oversight
Title of periodical - Facts on file : weekly world news digest with cumulative index
Volume and issue number - vol 67 issue 3449
Date - 2007
Pages on which article appears - NA

Resource searched - worldcat.org
Keywords used - wiretap
Search strategies used - normal
Date of search 09-24-09
Number of hits - 133
Relevance of hits - 3

Name of author -NA
Title of article - The FBI seeks broad wiretap rights
Title of periodical - PC Magazine - American edition
Volume and issue number - vol 23, part 8
Date - May 4, 2004
Pages on which article appears - NA

Resource searched - worldcat.org
Keywords used - wiretap
Search strategies used - normal
Date of search 09-24-09
Number of hits - 133
Relevance of hits - 3

Thursday, September 17, 2009

RJA #5b: Finding Books

Name of author, editor, translator, and compiler: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Title and subtitle of the book: Legislative proposals to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, September 6, 2006.

Edition number or information: Book

Place of publication: Washington, U.S.

Name of publisher: U.S. G.P.O

Date of publication: 2006

Resource searched: WorldCat at Auraria Library

Keywords used: FISA Surveillance

Search strategies: normal

Date of search: 09-17-09

Number of hits: 119

Relevance of hits: 4

RJA #5a: Finding Reference Articles

Author : Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah Hermsen

Title: Civil Liberties vs. Civil Defense

Title of reference work: U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History

Place of publication: Detroit

Name of publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Date of publication: 2009

Page Numbers: 291-297


Found on: 09-17-09

Started off in the auraria online library, went to gale virtual reference library and found the article there.


Author: Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah Hermsen

Title: USA PATRIOT Act

Title of reference work: U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History

Place of publication: Detroit

Name of publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Date of publication: 2009

Page Numbers: 1618-1622

I found a list of linked articles at the bottom of the civil liberties vs civil defense page for this article.


Resource searched: Gail virtual reference library

Keywords used: patriot act

Search strategies used: none
Date of search: 09-17-09

Number of hits: 118

Relevance of hits: 3

Monday, September 14, 2009

RJA #4c: Checking Research Questions

http://melissacahilleng1020.blogspot.com/

http://kpacheco1020.blogspot.com/

RJA# 4b: Writing Search Strings

Boolean
(late* or current*) and (law* or government) and (wiretap*)
(current* or action*) and (patriot act of fisa) and (electronic next surveillance)

Search engine math
+patriot act -football +electronic surveillance
+wiretap +government +FISA

RJA #4a: Generating Keywords

What is currently being done regarding the PATRIOT ACT/FISA and Wiretapping?

FO - currently, patriot act, FISA, wiretapping
RE, ST - latest, happening, lately, going, intelligence, government, law(s), 4th amendment, privacy, phone, electronic intrusion, wiretap

LOG - government, law, 4th amendment, patriot act, wiretapping

Monday, September 7, 2009

RJA #3c: Developing Research Question

What is the patriot act and FISA?

What does the patriot act and FISA say about wiretapping? How do domestic wiretapping and international wiretapping rules differ?

How can the US government hold enemy combatants for an indefinite amount of time without charging them, is this legal?

What are the latest developments regarding the legality of the patriot act, FISA and the SAFE Act?

RJA #3b: Narrowing Research Topic

I believe that either of my topics are narrow enough for my paper. I need to do some research on both topics to decide which direction I should go. I feel that there is enough information on both topics but I want to pick the one that that is most recent and debated.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

RJA #3a: Exploring Research Topic

I started my research with a wikipedia search for partiot act. I went to the bottom of the page and found several websites that could help further my research. Included in the websites that I bookmarked into my delecious account were a website that had the full text of the patriot act and I found the full text for the FISA Act as well. I then went to google and searched for blogs using the keyword "patriot act" and came across several blogs that suit my topic. I entered one and began reading only to find new information that I was unaware of previously. The government had created an act to modify the patriot act in 2003 called the SAFE Act which could give me more information on my eventual topic. It is clear to me that most of these blogs I have found via Blogger concerning the patriot act are several years old but do have some value still with links to other websites that could aid in my research. I stumbled upon a website called epic.org and found recent news reports covering the patriot and fisa acts. I am happy that I found somewhere where I can find current information regarding the issues in the patriot act. Reading through some of the informaton on the epic website I learned that there was a relatively recent update to the FISA act which is called the Protect America Act of 2007 that will need to be researched as well.