Monthly Archives: April 2012

“GOOGLED” A verb in the past tense.

Despite numerous attempts at search engines, one guarantee is, I have amassed a wealth of information on “The science of why postings become viral?” I have results from “Ben bit me” to “Herpes Virus In Mice”.       My 4Gb Flash drive … Continue reading

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Google Before You Leap!!

I found a few differences between search engines (Google & Yahoo) and library data bases (CUNY & NY Public Library). First off, the library data bases returned far less results then the search engines did. At this stage in our … Continue reading

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Newer is Not Always Better

No doubt everyone in the class has tried to use Google Scholar to search for information on copyright laws and online piracy. Given Google’s reputation as the “go-to” search engine for just about anything of interest on the Internet, it … Continue reading

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Search Engine

When using the internet engine, I first was questioned if what I wrote in the search box was what I was really for because I typed in “implicat* and youtube and educat*.” I thought that in using the truncation, it … Continue reading

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research post II

On my first discovery of databases and journal references I used Google scholar and Microsoft academic they both were broad. I didn’t know what to search and that’s how I came to a research question that worked for me. Google … Continue reading

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Research “search engine comparison”

When searching alternative media in a library database I have the opportunity to look at specific subjects, times and dates, and categories. It was relevant to search and look through older stuff from when I was a kid or before … Continue reading

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Search engine

Just like most people when I want to find anything on the internet I turn to Google.  For our research topic Google worked great. . . .for internet sources. For more of a professional look at Social Media Breaking News, I found … Continue reading

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Search engine

When I have to search for information on whatever topic I would go straight to using Google. When I use Google I usually always find good and helpful information but for this research project i used Google Scholar as a … Continue reading

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