Long time ago I went to the Academic Enrichment Workshop, it is call “Using and Evaluation the Web for Research.” The workshop was basically a short 20 minutes lecture held in the library by the staff there. The workshop was a similar one compare to the computer workshop that the English 2100 have. It basically taught you how to use internet resources to do your research paper.
Compare to the English 2100 that talk about the data bases of the Newman library, this workshop talks about public researching. In this workshop, we use goggle in search. The workshop cover up basic technique like quote (“word”), “and”, “or”, “besides” that would help us get information in a more specific way. The workshop also cover up the usage of advantage goggle search, which help you get information that belongs to a specific group or subject.
The workshop also discuss about online resources and its credibility. The workshop talks about the difference in government website and non-government website. The workshop also talks about checking reference of the website so you don’t fall on something that is not accurate.
After going to the workshop and couple of data base workshop held by my classes, I think that goggle search is very tool to use for an introduction research but it is not the perfect tool for real resources. Personally I use goggle for the introduction and switch to school data bases when the topic get more specific. Most of the time data bases are easier for me to use because you rarely have to worry about the information was a false one. So rather then goggle I often just skip right into the data bases (the good thing about accessing to three database.) I also love to use the library because the reference book comes in handy (live right next to the library.)