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Loading... Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuthby Leslie F. Stebbins
None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) infjsarah | Apr 17, 2017 |  This has been my lunch-time read for the past couple of weeks. A great reminder about searching in the age of information overload. In each chapter, Stebbins takes a question and goes through her process for finding the answer. Sounds boring, right? Surprisingly, it isn't, but I AM a a librarian. At times it was repetitive with each chapter covering certain issues more than once (ex. heuristics, yes we have them, we all use them, be aware of them.). However, this also means an instructor could pull out one chapter to provide an example for a class rather than have them read the entire book. It should TOTALLY be required reading for anyone doing ANY kind of research -- travel, food, science, health -- it has a little something for the many types of everyday Googler (because just going to Google isn't REALLY research therefore I cannot call them researchers). Also, this should be required reading for anyone who who wants to argue with me about something they "read on the Internet." Just because it's the first link in your Google search, doesn't mean it's accurate! Overall, a pretty boring topic that Stebbins managed to make interesting (I think even for non-informational professionals). (Also, I yawned seven times while reading the last chapter.) (  ) melissarochelle | Nov 24, 2015 | no reviews | add a review
Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth uses stories or "information adventures" to illustrate the best approaches to searching for information and to help us develop our aptitude for locating high quality resources in a rapidly changing digital environment that is becoming proficient at monopolizing our attention with useless or unreliable information. This book is about taking charge of the search process and not handing over the reins to search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo to dictate what information we consume.
Our information-saturated environment causes us to spend too much time searching, surfing and organizing the information in our lives. But finding reliable high quality information can be a problem. We are often so buried in information-- and strapped for time-- that we grab the search results without bothering to evaluate its quality. Stebbins shows you how to cut out unreliable information and find online information you can rely on. No library descriptions found. |
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