RJA #6

As a disclaimer for this post, I feel that I have found just about all the possible sources I can use to research my topic. The references are all quite extensive, but I will still give researching online a shot.


RJA #6a: Websites

Using http://www.alltheweb.com, I used the following search string: Keywords had to include Italian and L2. They needed to be in the title, and the results needed to be from Central Europe and in Italian. The number of results I found were 1,073. Most of them, however, didn't relate exactly to what I want my topic to be.

Using http://www.metacrawler.com, I used the keywords: Italian L2, and found 73 results. Many of them were direct links to articles which I have already cited and plan to use in the research for my paper.

The directory I searched was http://www.dir.yahoo.com. I used the keyword search of Italian L2 acquisition, and got three results, which, in my case, is a very good thing. My topic is so specific that having resources which argue one side or another but don't just talk about Italian L2 acquisition somewhere in the article is very helpful.

Using http://www.incywincy.com, I searched using the keywords: "Italian L2 acquisition", and found one source. This is a source I'm going to have to check out more, and, provided it works out well enough, might just have to use it for my paper.


RJA#6b: Social Media and Multimedia

I used http://blogsearch.google.com, I researched using "Italian L2" and found 12 results. When I have more time, I'm going to go back through and see what kinds of social media results I can find.