Welcome to Database of the Week.\u00a0 This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.\u00a0 This week, though, instead of a database, we want to introduce you to a crowd sharing service that could be used for any class.<\/p>\n
This Week\u2019s Featured Database: <\/strong>\u00a0CrowdAsk<\/p>\n Find it: <\/strong>crowdask.lib.purdue.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Description\/focus:<\/strong> CrowdAsk is a library site where academics, librarians, and students work together to share knowledge and answer questions. Creating an account is easy with your Purdue username and password.<\/p>\n Start with this hint:<\/strong>\u00a0To see the most recent questions and answers on CrowdAsk right now, go to the CrowdAsk site. The main page will show these questions. You can also view the answer that was provided to the questions, or look at how many votes the question has received. Users will vote for questions that they believe are important. The best answer to a question can also receive votes. Some questions are tagged in categories, which you can look at the right side of the page. You can also search a topic to see what kind of questions and answers already exist.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to see how to get started with CrowdAsk. There is another tutorial here<\/a> which covers questions, voting, and badges.<\/p>\n Why you should know this database:\u00a0<\/strong>CrowdAsk provides quick, contextual help from members of your community and teaches question-asking, answering, and technical writing skills.<\/p>\n How this will help students: <\/strong>Some classes use this database as a central place where their students can ask each other questions. For example, students can ask each other when certain assignments are due. But you are not limited to classes; any student can ask questions or answer questions on the site.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> For information contact mdugan@purdue.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n ——————————<\/p>\n Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 Database of the Week is archived at https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/category\/MGMT\/<\/a>.\u00a0 For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@ParrishLib<\/a>).<\/p>\n