Reading # 3

The article talks about how big internet search engines mainly google has been the biggest competition to the academic library. It seems that the original search engines (libraries) are now being overlooked because of the internet. Many people are now complaining of of how students now shun to look for databases and articles that are exclusively for students only and go the easy way out on google-ized databases. There is a good comparison on the article about libraries being a great smorgasbord. And how people want stuff thats quick and easy like the greasy burger and fries (google). Google-izing research has been coined the term info-besity.

Researchers believe that this needs to turn to being info-dieting meaning confronting the large databases and articles through libraries like looking at a salad plate. There is also research being done to find ways to make the library databases like google, going great with the term "if you can't beat them, join them". Although many researches still believe that research is not supposed to be easy and that this is why people are in college so they can face many challenges and gain experience.

Researchers are trying to find ways for searching to be much easier and less complicated, because of students "little patience". There have been many softwares that have been coming out recently like ProQuest and RedlightGreen that has many resources. It's all going to take everyone working together if these new software comes up. And there also should be more encouragement for everyone to start using the fantastic academic library databases.

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.