Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth

Posted on 12 August 2019 by Leslie F. Stebbins

We live in an information saturated environment and spend far too much time searching, surfing, skimming, contributing, and organizing the information in our lives We spend too little time immersing ourselves in reliable high quality information We are often so buried in information and strapped for time that we grab information like it was fast food, without bothering to evaluate its quality Finding Reliable Information Online Adventures of an Information Sleuth uses stories or information adventures to illustrate the best approaches to searching for information and to help us develop our aptitude for locating high quality resources in a rapidly changing digital environment that is becoming proficient at monopolizing our attention with useless or unreliable information This book is about taking charge of the search process and not handing over the reins to search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo to dictate what information we consume.Each chapter focuses on a quest for different types of information while digging deeper into the complexities of finding credible places to look for information and ways to think about evaluating it As the Internet evolves and becomes sophisticated, our strategies for finding and evaluating information need to evolve as well The stories in this book range from investigating challenging research questions to exploring health issues and everyday life questions like finding a reliable restaurant or product review These chapters go beyond the simple and mechanical checklist approach to evaluating information, though these factors are also discussed. Free Download [ Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth ] Author [ Leslie F. Stebbins ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This has been my lunch time read for the past couple of weeks A great reminder about searching in the age of information overload In each chapter, Stebbins takes a question and goes through her process for finding the answer Sounds boring, right Surprisingly, it isn t, but I AM a a librarian At times it was repetitive with each chapter covering certain issuesthan once ex heuristics, yes we have them, we all use them, be aware of them However, this also means an instructor could This has been my lunch time read for the past couple of wee...It always surprises me how often I see very smart people create very bad searches online, and then decleare themselves satisfied with the questionable results they get This book is your guide to quit doing that This is a fairly scholarly book, so get ready for a ton of footnotes and a rather dry introduction that may be safe to skip , but you ll also find an array of interesting, often humorous search examples, with tips on how to find the best information and avoid the sometimes outrageous It always surprises me how often I see very smart people create very bad searches online,...I read this for school and I had to force myself not to read ahead I know a book about research that I can t put down Maybe it was just me, but Stebbins made it all so interesting that I had to know where she was going nextas if we really were sleuths It got a little repeti...A fun and informational read if you re a book research library nerd like me.I liked this book muchthan I thought I would The author, who has experience as a research librarian, takes the reader with her through several different kinds of searches for online information involving health, consumer, travel, and science questions I was afraid the stories would be too much entertainment and too little nitty gritty information, but it was just the reverse The stories illustrated what works and what doesn t work in different kinds of searches, while offering many I liked this book muchthan I thought I would The author, who has experience as a research librarian, takes the reader with her through several different kinds of searches for online information involving health, consumer, travel, and science questions I was afraid the stories would be too much entertainment and too little nitty gritty information, but it was just the reverse The stories illustrated what works and what doesn t work in different kinds of searches, while offering many tools, sites, and approaches for finding the good stuff I highlighted lots of resources and suggestions for future reference So the book was both interesting to read and very useful I think it has 3 limitations 1 many of the specific tools and resources suggested will change and it will want updating soon ...Interesting but feels needlessly long winded I think the format of what to do through long walk throughs and detours just doesn t work for me With the digressions and stories I kept losing track of the points I had to return it to the library when I went away and when I finally got i...This is an excellent book Informative and entertaining It gave me many new ways to think about the way I search for information.Entertaining and enlightening You don t need to be a librarian or an information professional to enjoy this title Very readable.So much valuable information I learned a lot from this piece and was fascinated with how Stebbins keeps the reader engaged throughout her personal searching stories While I found it very interesting, I am not sure how interested...Great, practical hands on examples of different forms of research I practiced it myself and found that while the answers prove inconclusive, or take longer to find, I can start sensing when something is made up and move on Would reccomend to ...

Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth

12 August 2019

Leslie F. Stebbins