Write a Short Report (Approximately 1000 Words) Comparing Different Means of Identifying Useful and Accurate Sources of Information from the Internet.
Topic: Write a short report (approximately 1000 words) comparing different means of identifying useful and accurate sources of information from the Internet. Issues that you might cover are:
- How to search the Internet
- Most effective search engines for academic purposes
- How to identify good quality material on the Internet.
Introduction
Imagine you are working on your assignment at the midnight. Unfortunately, you realize that you need to refer on a book to continue your work. If it happened in thirty years ago, you would have to wait until the next day to either purchase from a book store or borrow from a library. However, with the invention of the Internet, you now can just access to the Internet with your computer and search for the available online version. Undeniably, the Internet saves the time to obtain a particular piece of information. The Internet creates a new platform for information exchange. With the appropriate equipment, people can freely publish their own articles and share their views through this channel. According to a recent Web Server Survey in October 2010, over two hundred and thirty millions of websites were indexed (Netcraft, 2010). In fact, the actual number of websites available could be far from this number. It is clear that there is extremely huge amount of information available for searchers. However, since there is no official authority to govern the whole platform, fake and unreal information may be posted. To prevent from use the misleading information, it is important to have the technique of identifying quality information.
The aim of this report is to provide the way of identifying the useful and accurate information for readers by comparing two approaches of information evaluation.
Search on the Internet
Before discussing those two approaches, it will be a good idea to understand the basic way of searching in the Internet. As the Internet contains large number of websites, people always search
- How to search the Internet
- Most effective search engines for academic purposes
- How to identify good quality material on the Internet.
Introduction
Imagine you are working on your assignment at the midnight. Unfortunately, you realize that you need to refer on a book to continue your work. If it happened in thirty years ago, you would have to wait until the next day to either purchase from a book store or borrow from a library. However, with the invention of the Internet, you now can just access to the Internet with your computer and search for the available online version. Undeniably, the Internet saves the time to obtain a particular piece of information. The Internet creates a new platform for information exchange. With the appropriate equipment, people can freely publish their own articles and share their views through this channel. According to a recent Web Server Survey in October 2010, over two hundred and thirty millions of websites were indexed (Netcraft, 2010). In fact, the actual number of websites available could be far from this number. It is clear that there is extremely huge amount of information available for searchers. However, since there is no official authority to govern the whole platform, fake and unreal information may be posted. To prevent from use the misleading information, it is important to have the technique of identifying quality information.
The aim of this report is to provide the way of identifying the useful and accurate information for readers by comparing two approaches of information evaluation.
Search on the Internet
Before discussing those two approaches, it will be a good idea to understand the basic way of searching in the Internet. As the Internet contains large number of websites, people always search
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