The difference between Google and Google Scholar is clearly discernible from the difference in their names. While Google searches a wide variety of sources, including blogs, journals, webpages, social media, etc., Google Scholar is restricted to works of academic importance, such as books, journals, and reports, to name a few. I am not a regular…

I am a regular user of Google; I don’t think a day goes by without me using Google for a quick answer or some in depth research. I like to think that I’m an expert Google-er and often come away from my searches with the information I had set out to find. I was excited…

Social media can be an overwhelming source of information. Anyone and everyone can have an opinion and share information using social media. This means that there is a number of unreliable sources, as well as highly useful academic resources, the trick is navigating between what is useful and what isn’t, while staying on track and…

Just as the regular Google does, Google Scholar allows users to access scholarly articles on their research topics. Much like Google, Google Scholar returns a number of resources relevant to the search. The advantage of using Google Scholar is that the results will more often than not be peer reviewed articles and scholarly journals. This…

How often do we hear people saying “just Google it?” It seems that Google has become the go to for information for people of all ages – I have recently heard my grandmother use this expression! But how reliable is Google when completing research? The great thing about Google is that there is so much information…

When it comes to inquiry learning acknowledging that we do not know everything about everything is the first step. It is unrealistic to assume that one can know everything about a topic in today’s ever growing world of information access. By acknowledging this we are able to begin to learn appropriate research techniques that can…