Differences in Databases and Search Engines on information
Written Assignment 2 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. Use your favorite search engine to look for Internet sources on privacy and security on the Internet. Use EBSCO's Academic Search Premier database (click VALE, and then select the EBSCOhost link), to do a Basic Search for articles on privacy and security on the Internet. 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(dot)lib(dot)berkeley(dot)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. Note: Please remember to proofread your assignment carefully before you submit it. Click the following link, which provides proofreading tips as well as information about how your assignment will be graded: Tips for Written Assignments)
Differences in Databases and Search Engines on Information
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Differences in Databases and Search Engines on information
Accuracy, reliability, and authenticity of web information can be evaluated in a number of ways. The web has a lot of information owing to the large number of authors, websites, and web pages. It is prudent to make measures to check on accuracy, reliability, and quality of information from the internet. This paper aims at providing an analysis on the provision of different results by databases and search engines in terms of accuracy, authority, and verifiability of information.
Authority- verification of information obtained through a search engine is impossible owing to inability to regulate information on the internet to ensure there are only professionally reviewed journals or articles. Databases ensure information provided has been peer reviewed and only post scholarly articles, hence their authority can be determined as demonstrated by the EBSCO database (Katz, 2013).
Accuracy- accuracy of information from search engines is not guaranteed as any person with internet connectivity can upload any information. This differs with information on databases that have to be published and peer reviewed, hence are accurate. The ability to verify information obtained through search engines is not possible as information on the author, qualifications and expertise on the given topic is not available. This, however, is not the case in databases where information on author, expertise, and qualification is provided increasing the accuracy and authenticity of information on databases.
Validity- there is a higher validity of information provided in databases as information has been filtered and sorted out to ensure information is from well documented and ...