Bing or Google?

Which do you use and why do you prefer using it?

Read this article from the Christian Science Monitor and comment:  

For Bing and Google, the future of search is social

Over the next few weeks, Microsoft will overhaul its Bing search engine to incorporate results from Facebook, Twitter and other social networking platforms.

Coffee mug for librarians

Thanks to the students in Jen Graham's Advanced Comp course for this wonderful coffee mug!  

Surprise! Abe Lincoln Did Not Invent Facebook

Via The Atlantic:

Abraham Lincoln Did Not Invent Facebook: How a Guy and His Blog Fooled the Whole Wide Internet

Databases versus Google

A video to enjoy.   How about using both Google and databases?

Google advanced search

Do you use this feature?  Google advanced search.

Flipped Classroom

What if we tried this for library sessions in classes?  What do you think of a flipped classroom?
Would you take time outside of class to watch videos?

Final Survey English 227 Spring 2012

Please take a few minutes and complete this survey for the library sessions in Jen Graham's Course / Advanced Comp English 227 Spring 2012.

Thanks!

Student Learning Outcomes

We asked students in Jen Graham's Advanced Comp course to select which of these items they thought were important and which ones they wanted to learn more about:

Here are the results

If you see anything on this list and want to know more, contact the library and we'll visit your class.

Can you predict your search results?

When you search for something, do you have an idea of what you will retrieve?  Do you feel confident that you can find what you need by searching the right source?  Does Google always get you what you want?
If not, what do you do?   If you have been search for more than 15 minutes and you are overwhelmed by what you retrieve or you retrieve things that aren't relevant, contact the library for some help.

Worth thinking about

This one is for the students in Jen Graham's Advanced Comp course.  Read it before our final library session and we can discuss in class.  If anyone else is interested, read it too and comment.

Science and Truth -- We're All in it Together by Jack Hitt via
New York Times Sunday Review Opinion Pages

Great New Yorker Cartoon

Something funny on a Friday:

New Yorker Cartoon