students shun search for infomation offline

As more and more people get used to the world wide web, it seems that more students rely on research mainly on the internet rather than using other resources like going to the library and other things. Many educators believe that students should go back doing research the old way like reading books and articles and finding worthy sources rather than quick internet sources. Many studies have been done by professors to see the percentage of those who still does research offline. A vast majority of high school and college students rely on the internet as a form of research and even more use it solely as their research method. Some professors are trying to encourage the "old fashioned" way of research by insisting that students have no "gray" literature in their papers. This forces students to use reliable sources such as periodicals and published sources. Currently a majority of students find this a hard thing to do because they have never been taught how to use a library or find these sources. It is important that students understand the value of having reliable information to use in their research. This will ensure that students make more trips to the library and their research papers and dissertations contain more accurate information.