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

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Physics:
Charles K. Kao
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor"

Chemistry:
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath
"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"

Physiology or Medicine:
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"

Literature:
Herta Müller
"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"

Peace:
Barack Obama
"for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"

Prize in Economics:
Elinor Ostrom
"for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"
Oliver E. Williamson
"for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm"

2008

Chemistry, Martin Chalfie
Chemistry, Osamu Shimomura
Chemistry, Roger Y. Tsien
Economics, Paul Krugman
Literature, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Medicine, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Medicine, Luc Montagnier
Medicine, Harald zur Hausen
Peace, Martti Ahtisaari
Physics, Makoto Kobayashi
Physics, Toshihide Maskawa
Physics, Yoichiro Nambu

Source: http://www.nobleprice.org/

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

The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam-powered automobiles capable of human transport. In 1806, the first cars powered by internal combustion engines running on fuel gas appeared, which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern gasoline- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by electricity briefly appeared at the turn of the 20th century but largely disappeared from commonality until the turn of the 21st century, when interest in low- and zero-emissions transportation was reignited. As such, the early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras based on the prevalent method of automotive propulsion during that time. Later periods were defined by trends in exterior styling and size and utility preferences.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobile

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

- Reference books are usually the easiest things to reference. Reference books are the book that write about the fact & information that gather by master or professor in that topic. The detail in books are high quality and reference from the real information. You dont need to read all of the book just read only a topic that referenced to the topic you need.

- General Books are books contain informations all of the book normally same topic. Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.

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

To search for information from the referance book, I will classify the information I need to the questions <> the i will look at the sources. Example, I need the fact about something, I'll use Encyclopedias. The most source that i use is Dictionary to find the meaning of words those i dont know about it.

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

As I mention early that I used the dictionary most because i am learning in the international programs I will need to look for the meanind, spelling, pronunciation, synonyms, etc. of those words.


6. Find the example of source and brief information.

I got Manual - A book of instruction on doing, making or performing something.
The example of it is CyberDict V User's Manual Thai Version

I bought this CyberDictionary this summer, I has been read about information from the manual in Thai Version since i got it. So, i can know more about the product that i'm using. This book told me about the details for this product. It is useful when you read the manual of the product that you bought. You will know how to keep it safely and maintain it too.

Borpit Tantayanusorn