LIB204 BLOG REFLECTION #5

BLOG REFLECTION #5

Since learning about the many resources for conducting
statistics and other geographical or biographical information searches, it
appears that library research tools would be better suited for performing a
more precise and faster search of certain desired information such as printed infromation. The ability to search for specific biographical information by the brief dictionarybiographical method or a more detailed name or occupational method could not beas easily performed using one of the more commonly used search engines such as Google or Yahoo. Usually, many site offerings would be offered by these search engines which would then have to be narrowed in scope to find the exact information needed.

After researching for a specific statistic or biographical subject,
a good way to determine if this information is correct is to cross check more
than one website offering the same information. Some cross checking of information could be performed by checking indexes which would show where a person might be found and the popular Who’s Who in America resource, to name two of many searches available. Other ways to check the validity of biographical resources would be to check the authority, frequency of updates and scope of information offered. When concerned about the accuracy of a web offering, I find a very informative website to detail what to use as a validating tool is:
http://www.law.siu.edu/lawlib/guides/eval.htm.
Finding the information needed for certain research is important and secondly verifying the resource information for accuracy should also be a major concern to the serious researcher.