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Specifically in my case, library search can’t help me much. I type “Urban Dictionary”, “Crowdsourcing”, even “Modern English language influences” and all of this literally gave me nothing. Just tons of broad information, started from dictionary’s to architect articles. For this experiment I used City Tech library and NY Public library as well. From the other side, same definitions, during simple search on Google gave me much more. Of course it was still too much, and credibility of sources were very questionable but still it was something.

Drying this experiment I realize that my prime source will be periodical articles and blogs, than any other serious materials. Periodic articles and blogging are like informational  skin, they are extremely sensitive to any changes and influences and react on it much faster than anything else.

Library Database Search vs Internet Search

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For my research topic finding relevant, current and accurate information is challenging, I have to filter carefully all researched literature.
I used the Citi Tech library database and Google Scholar for information on my research topic. Using Citi Tech’s database was relatively easy but the amount of information I gathered pertaining to my research topic was limited; I began by typing in “Instagram” in quotation marks and without quotation marks more information were produced without the quotation marks.
The internet search engine that I used was Google Scholar searching the same key word in the same manner I used in searching Citi Tech library database; the key word from my topic came up with a lot of useful information directly relating to my topic. In my opinion Google Scholar produced the best results.

Scholarly Resources ….

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I was not there, but on my own I have applied advanced search strategies from the Badke reading to search for sources on my research topic.

In one of my previous courses and according to my instructor directions I used Google scholarly.

Google scholarly has many advantages over the the traditional common search, Google, Bing, etc… .  When I applied it on my topic,  I concluded to different narrow, “professional” sources that were not available in regular Google. It characterized with the format of broad index, in addition to the chances of accessing the full text without known difficulties- using some available cues.

value of reaserch

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Information is a value in our days. Same as any possible goods, like money, sex or drugs or anything else people can imagine, and the way how individuals can collect the information( data) is valuable too. We all hunting for information , like our ancestors hunting for mammoths, it’s matter of surviving for us. Badke not open something new when he describe how syntax, punctuation and word combination can help to reach information faster, personally, I was familiar with this technic pretty  long time ago. Interesting another fact, why people forget about this practice? Modern dat -providers built on a way where users can get easy access to any shallow sort of information and it’s basically cover needs of majority. Generation of users doesn’t need sophisticated research, they has no interest in it. And from the other side, people who involved in serious research understand how to search information empirically, the field dictate the rules of usage.  

Just google it…

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Wow. That was my initial response reading halfway through Badke, Chapter 3. As often and frequently we say “google it”, googling something can actual get intense. Secondly, I believe this topic will help me greatly now and in the future and would have hoped they would teach you this BEFORE completing 3 years of college!! I actually did try some of the ways to search, using the OR method or the AND method, however, it didn’t quite work. Then I realized that Badke explains that certain search engines use different symbols, whether it’d be parenthesis or asterisks. He said to look in the HELP tab of the search engine, but I had no luck. Maybe we can try to do it in class. I do want to point out that Badke touched on a topic that I recently found out on my own. He says to try to minimize term words when trying to pinpoint a search goal. I agree greatly. What happens is people tend to think that the more precise you are in your search engines, the more accurately your results would be. Well after becoming frustrated this semester, with over 10 research assignments to do, I realized that when you use less words you come across a greater amount of information, leading you to greater possibilities. Authors should really considering including these search methods into writer’s guide books, such as “Rules of Thumb”.

We can side-step the corruption

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In the reading The Politics of Research by Martin there is a clear picture of how researchers are influenced by corporate interests,  government and so on. As a result there is a limit to who quality research is available. Because of the existence of these powerful groups, knowledge become corrupt to the point where it is controlled. Just like in ancient civilizations where the librarians kept and controlled the flow of information and in turn putting a choke on new discoveries, the same thing is happening today. The only difference is that the librarians are now powerful groups and government, who often have the power to dictate the flow of information and what knowledge is shared with citizens. As bad as this may sound, it is not obvious to most because everything is hidden in plain sight and the root all of it is money. Where there is money, there is power; Where there is power, there is control. Until we can find ways to work around the corruption, we- the people will always get the squeeze. The approval of Net Neutrality is a good step in the right direction.

internet neutrality

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Idea of clear  uninfluenced research is utopian and I agree with author, possibility of changing it may occur only if socioeconomic paradigm will change. Otherwise: “who pays the piper calls the tune” will be our rule for everything and for all times. The case of Aaron Swartz of course stayed more on a practical field and reminded me more or less of Nabokov’s  The Luzhin Defence, where the main character preferred suicide as the best tactic for self defense when he crushed with reality of life.

Funny fact about last article: during my shift at the restaurant I asked all my clients what they think about internet neutrality – ninety seven people from all over the world and the United States. No one knew what a hell I was talking about. The idea is that most of the people are lazy and irresponsible by nature. They don’t care if somebody controls the speed of the internet or not, until they can use it, and I’m talking now not about scientific research use, it’s more about social network, games, music and shopping.

From that point where we are all now only time can show if regulation speed ruling is effective or not, but It’s look like Senator Ted Cruz was right and we have Obamacare for internet. Instead of having high and low speed, we all will enjoy the median one.