How is the scholarly information you
found in the library different from the typical information you find when you
Google a leadership concept?
Already this seems like a loaded/biased question
because it implies that everything in the Hunt Library is more scholarly than
the implied less-than-scholarly information found in Google. Well, based on my
basic nosing around of the two sources, I find this to be true. Based on my
finding, I’ve found the Hunt Library to be different in that there are more
scholarly results when compared to Google and that it allows a more specific,
narrowing of sources.
So far it appears as if the results of the Hunt
Library are more scholarly in nature than that found of Google. Immediately
after doing a search within the Hunt Library I am given dissertations,
articles, books, etc. This means that a wide range of credible sources at are
my disposal. Google however, while it does have some credible sources, some of
the information leads to websites that are complete junk. At least this way
with the Hunt Library, the results are rather consistent.
The additional benefit that I’ve noticed with the Hunt
Library is the fact that it allows for a narrowing of sources. For example I
can limit the searches to only newspaper articles or a search that only
includes publications. Depending on the type of information that I’m looking
for, I can try to find a basic newspaper article that will most likely go over
the highlights of what I’m researching and possibly point me in the right
direction for other sources or I can try to find a thesis or research paper
that’s already done some heavy duty research and use it to my advantage.
So how is the information found in the library
different than that found on Google? First it’s the fact that the majority of
first page search results on the Hunt Library is more scholarly in nature and
second I can narrow the search results found on the Hunt Library. This allows
me to more easily find credible information on the topics that I am trying to
research.
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