Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors Into Research Skills

Randall McClure information on Googlepedia shines light on another way we can search for information. Here, I learned a lot about studies that have been going on for the last decade and how researching information for writing has advanced for this advancing world, we live in. I do not have to run to the library and get books, and I no longer have to buy large collections of encyclopedias. My oldest sister still has a collection of Encyclopedias in her home, I guess she's not hip to the internet and what it has to offer. Mr. McClure talks about blended research, Google and Wikipedia. The web along with Wikipedia and Googlepedia has modernized how research is done, In todays student body as a whole and writers as well. Now we use information literacy through the American Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries to keep up with the demands of a changing world, more and more researchers are beginning to turn to Google and Wikipedia mainly because its easy access and right at the palms of our hands and in the privacy of our own home, at schhols, even at public libraries. Google is a very popular search engine. I am beginning to automatically go directly to it when I log on to my personal computer. It makes whatever I'm searching for, so easy to locate and gather information. I don't use the yellow pages or a paper dictionary anymore. This digital boom we are in has taken over. It's good to hear that I need to research more than one source when I'm using Wikipedia and Googlepedia; It's resourceful. but, as I remember what James P. Purdy (Wikipedia Is Good for You!?) wrote about Wikipedia, the information can change from the first time that I used it as a reference. Randall McClure also points out the importance of making sure when gathering information, we should make sure that we can reference our findings back to the source, or Author and note the ending such as; gov, edu, net, etc., that way this will be the indicator of where the source of the research is coming from or where the information will originate. this kind of Information is where I can find the credibility of the source.