The article starts off by stating that students rarely go to the library or use it’ resources because of Google, yet students don’t realize that the information that they find on Google may not be accurate or that the libraries databases do a better job of gathering quality factual information. Because of this, some librarians are trying to find databases that have a similar structure to Google, so it will be easier for students to use, however, if students took the time to learn how to use the databases, their searches would be more effective. Students can learn how to use the databases with a program at some libraries called information literacy initiative, which sounds similar to lib 103. To help encourage students to learn to use the databases, some professors are requiring students to use certain databases and include how they found the information in their papers.
I thought the article made a good point. Students need to learn to use the databases that the school libraries offer rather than Google because the information on them is so much more valuable and in-depth than Google. If it wasn’t and better, then libraries wouldn’t spend the thousands of dollars that they do on them. I also think that a class like lib 103 should be added to the list of basic studies because it teaches you so much valuable information about databases and how to use the library effectively. It was also cool that they compared the problem of Google to dieting, because it made the article more interesting and easier to read. Therefore, I really liked the article and thought that it made a lot of good points.
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