Chapter 4 Reference Sources

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

- I get the information from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

- Physiology or Medicine - US trio Elizabeth Blackburn.

   Literature - Herta Mueller

   Physics - Kao, Boyle & Smith

   Chemistry - Indian-American Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

   Economic Sciences - Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson

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

-The History of the Automobile

The automobile as we know it was not invented in a single day by a single inventor. The history of the automobile reflects an evolution that took place worldwide. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents created the modern automobile. However, we can point to the many firsts that occurred along the way. Starting with the first theoretical plans for a motor vehicle that had been drawn up by both Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton.

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

-General book is a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"

but reference book is a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic.

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

 - When we want to find the information to do my the report  and when I would like to know something that we really curious .

5.What type of reference collection that you like to use most ? And why ?

- Encyclopaedia , because I think it is the most accurate one and that is very  trustworthy.