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Search Engines. You choose.

Ok so when it comes to me researching a topic; I automatically type in google.com and start from there. I usually try to stick to the first page of results because I find those to actually be the best results … Continue reading

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The search goes on.

  I first used google to search my research topic and I used the schools library database and the New York public library database to search for my topic. The results were really different from each other. I get more … 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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Giving Google Scholar A Try

After reading about Google Scholar in Research Strategies and then seeing it in action in class, I decided to give Google Scholar a shot. I find it ironic that a search engine that is known to provide  users with the most … Continue reading

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Search Engines

Search Engines are a compilation of databases of information managed by millions to billions of people throughout the world — at least that’s how I thought they basically worked for everyone. That is until it was presented in class that … Continue reading

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How Search Engines Work

I always wondered how search engines such as Google and Bing acquired the websites that pop up when you search something. Something I realized very quickly is that some websites always have a top spot on the results.  I noticed … Continue reading

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Keywords

Google should be known to be the most used search engine out there. You don’t always find what you are looking for when you search for a specific result you need information on. But it does help most if the … Continue reading

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Search Engine of choice…

I will like to first say #Kony2012! Ok now back to the assigment. Though we may use all these different search engines, which one is it that we can really rely on all the time? I mean who knows how … Continue reading

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