Nowadays, students need to find studies to be more knowledgeable on subject they need to know. One thing that supports that idea is search engine. Sometimes reading textbook is not as efficient as reading online studies. The most popular reason is online articles are most likely to be more recently published than the textbook. Therefore, managing search behavior is really important to get a reliable source. Most students have been tasked to research some subjects of interest. To get the right sources, students need to use search strategies, as well as citation to avoid plagiarism claim. I learned from module 6 that source credibility is a very crucial part for information that I am about to learn. I also learned that by using scholarly search engine, I would get reliable sources most of the time. One more thing that is really useful is how boolean affect search engine. It would be really effective if I can utilize “and, or, and not” to manage my keywords. Moreover, the advanced search can minimize the results, so that I can pick the right source without going to look at two thousand or more sources. All in all, the search strategies are convenient to help students find exactly what they want.
Hi! I agree with you that reading a textbook is not as efficient as reading articles online. Most of my textbooks are a couple years old, and there has been a lot more information readily available on the web regarding the same topic. Using the scholarly search engine provided reliable articles most of the time, a few were not so credible. The advanced search really cuts down/minimizes the results, and it is nice to not have to sort through tons of sources, most being junk. The search strategies learned in module 6 definitely helped me outside of this class!