Library Research :)

I think the hardest thing when doing a research on a topic, is to find the most credible source to use. Normally when I search a topic on Google, I click the first link that I see without even paying attention if it’s credibility. Sometimes I’m not sure which information is more reliable than the other, so I intend to use a lot of websites when doing a research. Only at the end of the day I notice that they are not credible and effective enough as my source. This library research course help me about that issue. I learned to critique well which website is a good one from the bad one.

This course had a good explanation of plagiarism; why we shouldn’t do it and how to avoid it. Because of this course, I became more aware of the consequences if I ever do plagiarism. It taught us the proper way to cite someone’s work and the importance of doing it. It made us learn the differences between plagiarism works from those works that are not plagiarized. I learned in this class how to create a work cited better. I learned how to cite other’s people works properly and acknowledging them as a good source.

The Library Research course helped me to be a better researcher online. The sites that this course had provided me are really helpful and credible for me as a researcher. These sites give us mostly all the things that we want when finding an information about a topic. I also learned how to use the library as a college student more efficiently. Over all, I improved my library research skills.

Books :)

Since everything is on the internet, I don’t need books right?

We definitely still need books even though internet is everywhere. Why? First of all, it’s because not everybody has a computer access, so not everyone can use the internet. This means that books are the only credible source for them to learn and be entertained.  Second, it’s because books are more reliable than the internet. In books we are introduced well on who the author is and help us to be more familiar with them, while internet doesn’t give a good background of the author in the text. We don’t really pay attention on the author’s background information unlike we intend to do in books.

Reading books can let us communicate to the author in more personal way. Reading books is a good habit; it let us express our feelings and emotions more freely. In books we can identify the different identity of individuals, which makes us be attached and relate to the characters of the book.  The writers make us think more deeply in the piece they wrote. Books are really handy, you can take them everywhere. This allows you to read the book, anywhere anytime.

The information from the internet is mostly derived from the book. The internet gets the information from the book for the people who want the information right away. In other words, it’s the easy way. This makes books are still better because they teach us to analyze the contents better. They make a different good relationship to its reader and the writer. Books are important because they can do a lot of things for us. They can make us entertain and most importantly learn, so we definitely still need them in our lives.