Transcript
  • 00:00    |    
    Initial credits
  • 00:20    |    
    Introduction
  • 00:28    |    
    What is new in the world of web research?
  • 01:12    |    
    Are these digital collections free?
  • 01:49    |    
    What does efficient research represent?
  • 02:20    |    
    What alternative research tools are available?
  • 03:15    |    
    Regarding investigation resources, which are the most common issues student encounter?
  • 04:24    |    
    How has the information research world evolved through time?
  • 05:42    |    
    Have you ever had a difficult research case?
  • 06:53    |    
    How are you collaborating with Universidad Francisco Marroquín?
  • 08:20    |    
    Final words
  • 08:27    |    
    Final credits


Beyond Wikipedia and Google: Academic Research Tools on the Web

New Media  | 01 de junio de 2010  | Vistas: 54

In this interview Sara Medlicott, a graduate assistant at Pratt Manhattan Campus Library, speaks about the diversity of digital resources available on the Internet.  She explains how technology has reshaped the investigation concept in our days by providing much more efficient ways of gathering information on the web, rather than in physical libraries, like it was done not long ago.  Medlicott states that there is a great variety of useful and helpful resources online, and shares some non-conventional alternative tools at the disposal of students performing investigations, which provide objective and reliable data.




Conferencista

Sara Medlicott is graduate assistant at Pratt Manhattan Campus Library, where…