Reading number three offered a very eye-opening view of the direction research is heading for the average college student. It offers it in a unique manor that caught my attention. It compared the mass amounts of low quality information Google searches may offer, to that of the fast food industry. I agree with most of the points they make in the article, especially when they refer to students using search engines, such as Google, because it’s quick, easy, and doesn’t take a rocket scientist to operate. With that statement comes a point that I would like to touch on. I believe most students use search engines for research because of their inability to use Library resources. This is exactly why taking this class has really opened my eyes into the vast amount of high quality information the library has to offer. It has also shown me various ways to access this information in ways that will speed up my research process.
Many projects been started, hoping to make the library databases easier to use and more student friendly. I think these projects are great ideas, but I think that there are better ways of getting students to use their libraries more often for research. The best way I think to go about this is making a library class like the one we are taking now, a required course. I can not stress enough how beneficial this class has been to my knowledge of how to use libraries for my benefit. I would recommend these types of classes to anyone because they improve one’s ability to use the best available resources for research.
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