Nearly everyone has done an Internet search, but what clues are provided about the results of a search? Written Assignment 2 focuses on determining the difference between what evaluative and assessment information is provided by an Internet search using a search engine (such as Google.com) and a search using a library subscription database of professional and juried articles. To begin work on the activity, follow the steps outlined below.
1.Use your favorite search engine to look for Internet sources on privacy and security on the Internet.
2.Using EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier database, do a Basic Search for articles on privacy and security on the Internet.
3.Using the evaluative criteria described in the assigned reading for module 2 (see “Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Ask and Strategies for Getting the Answers,” http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/ Internet/Evaluate.html), write a 500-word essay describing what indications of accuracy, validity, verifiability, authority, and recency you found in each of your search results. This essay is to explain why search engines and databases produce different types of results; concentrate on explaining why there are differences in the results you obtained from each of the two types or search tools.
