Welcome! I chose this image because this reminded me of Search vs Research which is the topic of conversation today. I think that is important to know the difference between researching and searching. Researching and searching are two distinct processes. Research involves the type of information while searching is just looking for a particular answer or factual information. Slides 10 and 12 dive into the different aspects of the two and show how each is different. One of the main reasons that I noticed was that research involves multiple processes of making sure that the resources you use are reliable, has utility and also quality aspects to make it an actual research paper. Students should definitely make sure that they are using sites that are reputable. I have fallen into the world of Wikipedia and making sure that a site is reliable will be key in academic writing. I now make sure that the author of the article is distinguished in their field with either a Dr, PhD or even has other credentials that show that they have respected knowledge in that topic.
I highly suggest college students to use bibliographic search engines to make sure that their citations are in accordance with the expectations of that class (MLA, APA are a couple of examples). On Slide 26 of this week’s lecture, it lists a few such as CiteUlike, EasyBib, Mendeley and RedWorks which a source available for OSU students through the library. I hope this helps students with future research papers and academic writing in general.
Thanks for reading.
Christie