This article was about Wor-Wic Community College, which has gone completely electronic; all of the books have been replaced with desktop computers. This database includes full-text, print and online recourses, academic journals, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and statistical tables. The only books that are present belong to instructors.
The students using this database are encouraged to use this verse Google or Yahoo because the sources are more legitimate, being reviewed for accuracy. Some may say that online subscriptions can be very pricey to invest in but the people working in this center say that they are much less expensive then the upkeep and organization of printed books. As always there are some problems that come with all of the information that students find to be on the Internet. Some professors find that there are much more likely chance that there will be plagiarized, we are considered the "cut and paste generation." Lucky for professors, not so lucky for students, there are programs that can detect a paper that has plagiarism in it.
Lastly this article includes a guide to evaluating resources on the web:
1) Authority (is there an author, website signed, who is responsible)
2) Purpose (what is the goal of the site, who benefits)
3) Accuracy (does the information match what you already know, documented, bibliography?)
4) Objectivity (present without biases, advertising on page?)
If you use these rules when trying to figure out when information is accurate you will most likely be able to find quality resources on the web.
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