PB2A

            Being a second year here at UCSB, I have been to the library numerous times. Before last week I would only go there to study, not knowing that the building had so many more resources than I could ever imagine. Our meeting with Gary the librarian opened my eyes to what was available to all of us students here. During our meeting with him, I began to think what type of scholarly article would interest me the most. I decided to look at an article that went along with my major, Global Studies. I am really interested in the happenings in the Middle East so I decided to focus my search on articles having to do with Israel. While searching I found a very interesting one on the separation of Israel and Palestine. While this article is a little old, it is still very relevant. While this article and the SCIgen have completely different information, they have some similarities.

            Each article, the SCIgen and the Global Studies, have many aspects that make them a specific genre. The SCIgen is a program that generates computer science research papers for students. The audiences of this type of genre are users who are trying to generate research papers. While the Global Studies article is also meant for people who are looking to do research, it is more user friendly and much less daunting than the article that the SCIgen produces. Both the SCIgen and the Global articles contain many different sections that have different information about what the research of that section is talking about. The purpose is to share this research for people interested in the subject. The introduction provides an overview of what the research is about and what is in the paper. The paper is split into these sections and chapters so that it is easier for the reader to understand. The breaks in the Global article help the paper to flow more smoothly ad make it much more enjoyable than the SCIgen paper. Diagrams and charts are added to the SCIgen to help the reader visualize what is going on in the paper. At the end of the papers, there are the details of which sources were used and who was responsible for the information.

            The UCSB library has so much more to offer than just a quiet place to study. The university has so many different resources on their website that can help anyone wanting to do research. During our meeting with Gary the librarian he showed us how there are many different ways to get information for one certain topic. For my scholarly article I chose to look closer into my major of Global Studies. Wanting to focus on the topic of Israel, I was lead to an article that looked at the consequences of the division between Israel and Palestine. While looking at the SCIgen and the Global article, there are many differences that distinguish the two, yet there is many similarities between these two that show that they both belong to the same genre. The two articles lend a little insight of what it is like to have to read in order to conduct research. In the future I am definitely going to make use of all that the library has to offer.