Lecture 11 - Library Activity

Figure 1: Scavenger Hunt

Today the lecture was turn to a practical activity where the lecturer given an activity called Scavenger Hunt. Scavenger Hunt is basically a game which the organizer prepare a list of questions for individual or for teams  in the aspect of gather or else to answer questions relating to the given set of questions. In this context lecturer given this tasks as a group activity consist of six members in each group and had to answer all the questions within 20 minutes. The main task was to answer six questions which means one persons had to answer one question in order to successfully complete the Scavenger Hunt within the given time period. 

Activity Done:

Lecturer mainly given 6 questions relating to books, journals, case studies and newspaper clippings that are available in the APIIT city campus library. The task is to find out relevant book name, authors name, ISBN numbers and author's of newspaper clippings depending on the given questions as stated below.

 

Question 1:

 List down books related to systems analysis and design

Question 2:

 List down title of the books written by following authors,

• C.Date
• Barbara Sprague
• Tony Proctor
• Jenny Preece
• John Ward
• Turban
• Joe Peppard
• Fitzgerald
• Uma Sekaran

Question 3:

 Write down the project titles of the following BIT projects

• Ishani Ranatunge
• Dilani Gomis
• Dhanushka Sandanayake
• Lasith Thisera
• Eranjan Padumadasa

Question 4:

Identify the ISBN numbers of following books

• E-marketing
• Quantitative Methods
• Key managerial models
• Database systems
• Personality Development

Question 5: 

Give a recommendation a book by providing author and the title for the following modules

• Financial Accounting
• Design Patterns
• IELTS
• Usability Engineering
• Information System Strategy
• Organization Behavior
• HR management
• Business Environment
• Database Management Systems
• Agile Methodologies

Question 6:  

Five newspaper clippings on the following topic

• Economic Condition in Sri Lanaka

(Name of the author, article, published date, publication)

Below depict the answers that written according to Harvard Reference Style that relevant to each question that stated above.

Answers

Answer for Question 1:

1. Valacich, J.s. George, J.F. & Hoffer, J. A. (2006). Essentials of System Analysis and Design. 3rd edition. New Jersey. Pearson Education.
2. Walkley, M. Lambrov, N. Weaver, P.L. (2002). Practical Business Systems Development Using SSADM. 3rd edition. England. Pearson Education.
3. Kendall & Kendall. (2002). Systems Analysis and Design. 5th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
4. Hughee, M. (2000). Mastering System Analysis and Design. London. Macmillan Press Ltd.
5. Juliff, P. (2002). Program Design. 4th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
6. Ffiths, G.G. (1998). The Essence of Structured System Analysis Techniques. Hertfordshire. Prentice Hall Europe.
7. McConnell, S. (1996). Rapid Development. Washington. Microsoft Press.
8. Booch, G. (1994). Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications. 2nd edition. California. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
9. Shelly, G.B. Cashman, T.J. &  Rosenblatt, H.J. (2001). System Analysis and Design. 4th edition. USA. Course Technology.
10.  Bennett, S. McRobb, S. & Farmer, R. (2002). Object Oriented System Analysis and Design. 2nd edition. New Delhi. Tata McGraw Hill.

Answer for Question 2:

1. Date, C.J. (2000). An Introduction to database systems. 7th edition. Delhi. Pearson Education.
2. Sprauge, R.H. & McNurlin, B.C. (2004). Information System Management in Practice. 6th edition. Delhi. Pearson Education.
3. Proctor, T. (2005). Creative Problem Solving for Managers. 2nd edition. Cornwall. Routledge.
4. Kendall & Kandall. (2002). System Analysis and Design. 5th edition. New Delhi. Prentice Hall of India.
5. Preece, J. (1994). Human Computer Interaction. England. Pearson Education.
6. Ward, J. & Ffiths, P.G. (1996). Strategic Planning for Information Systems. 2nd edition. England. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
7. Turban, E. Et al. (2008). Information Technology for Management. 6th edition. New Delhi. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
8. Ward, J. & Peppard, J. (2002). Strategic Planning for Information Systems. 3rd edition. England. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
9. Fitzgerald, J. & Dennis, A. (2002). Business Data Communications and Networking. 7th edition. USA. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
10. Sekaran, U. (2009). Research Methods for Business-A Skill Building Approach. 4th edition. New Delhi. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Answer for Question 3:

1. Ranatunge, I.S. Inventory Management and Forecasting System for LAK Sathosa. Staffordshire University. 
2. Gomis, B.D.N. Investigation into Business Process Re-engineering and Electronic Data Interchange to Develop a Web-Based Fuel Procurement Systeems for Sri Lanaka Railway. Staffordshire University.
3. Sandanayake, D. An IS/IT Production Management and Resource Allocation System for Sign Tech Advertising Services. Staffordshire University.
4. Tissera, L.C. Credit Risk Management and Order Prioritization for Harrisons Chemical Pvt. Ltd. using Analytical Hierarchy. Staffordshire University.
5. Padumadasa, E.U. Application for Analytical Hierarchy Process Model for Tendering Process Automation. Staffordshire University.

Answer for Question 4:

1. E-Marketing- ISBN 14: 81-7808-944-10
2. Key Managerial Models ISBN 24 0-273-66261-5
3. Quantitative Methods 34 0-273-64-694X
4. Database Systems ISBN 12-978-81-317-2025-7
5. Personality Development ISBN 16-GE-01-141-7

Answer for Question 5:

1. Harrison, W. T. Jr. & Horngern C. T. (1998). Financial Accounting. 3rd Edition. United States of America
2. Freeman, E. et al (2007). Head First Design Patterns. Decora Printers.
3. Black, M. & Capel, A. (2006). Objective IELTS. New York.
4. Mayhew, D. J. (1999). The Usability Engineering Lifecycle. United States of America.
5. Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A. (n.d.) Organization Behavior. 7th Edition. United States.
6. Foot, M. & Hook, C. (2008). Introducing Human Resources Management. 5th Edition. Italy.
7. Palmer, A. & Hartley, B. (2009).. The Business Environment. 6th Edition Berkshire.
8. Ramakrishnan, R. & Gehrke, J. (2003). Database Management System. 3rd Edition. America.
9. Ambler, S. (2002). Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for eXtreme Programming & the Unified Process. Canada.

Answer for Question 6:

1. Bandara, K. & Perera, Y. (2012). Minister Refuses Salary Hike for CEB Workers. Daily Mirror. 7th July. 
2. Mudalige, D. (2012). Timber Transportation Streamlined. Daily News. 5th July.
3. Samaraweera, D. (2009). Keeping Sri Lanka Economy afloat in 2009. Sunday Times. 27th December.
4. Kangaraarachchi, R. (2009). Sri Lanka Records Healthy Economic Growth. Daily News. 9th December.
5. Karmangara, A. (2009). Low Internet Rates to Boost Business. Sunday Observer. 29th November.

Reality of the lecture:

From this activity I understood that important information are widely available in many sources and formats. The only thing to do is search for them based on certain criteria relevant to the required context. Library sources are the most trusted source available for students like us to seek for informational needs. When considering the Harvard Referencing style, can be consider as the most prominent way of depict validate the source of information to a third party.