American City of Future (1925) #2
American City of Future (1925) #2
Remember when they taught you how to use EbscoHost and JSTOR and all of the library’s other paid subscription databases?
Then remember when you just Googled everything the night before? Having finally graduated from university, these sorts of issues still bother me. Since I’m soon to be removed from my university’s academic database subscriptions, I figured I might as well try and pull some interesting articles for the last time.
I find this article “A Student Perspective on e-Resource Discovery: Has the Google Factor Changed Publisher Platform Searching Forever?”
From the abstract:
The literature shows that students are more likely to begin their search via Google, as it is perceived to be easier and more accessible than other databases or publisher platforms. The invisible web, specifically publisher platforms, is sometimes too difficult for students to access; there are also suggestions that Google Scholar in particular may outperform other paid-for databases.
This looks like a pretty interesting article that I suspect will talk about everything I am interested in.
Oh wait. My library only owns a part of this title? Wait 4 years for interlibrary loan or do the more reasonable thing and reject any prospects for ever reading this article.
A few Google searches later, and I have the full pdf of this article.
INFORMATION IS FREE.
The world needs more “recording artists.”
Not even kidding, I discover a new ridiculously awesome Google product at least twice a week and it’s got to stop because I can’t even keep up with this.
Also, this is the breakdown of my social media.
Am I doin’ it right?
We’ve come a long way.
iPhone 4 semi naked
1. Go on Pawn Stars.
2. Get item appraised for free.
3. Sell item on eBay.
4. Mention you were on the show.
5. ???
6. Profit.