Google Search

Chris Nolan's discussion was incredibly necessary and useful! I know that when I'm writing a paper or trying to find credible references, I'll search on google. I know that they're are better ways for me to find my sources, but I generally use google out of habit and convenience. It does get frustrating though when I come up with sites that have little or nothing to do with what I'm searching. I had never before realized that google has many . . . shortcuts to bypassing those unrelated or uncredible sites. I've never actually used google's advanced search option, but I definately will now. I've used +, -, and " " before and it definately helps. It helps me get rid of the websites that offer readymade essays for free, blogs, or whatnot. I didn't know about the Google Scholar part though! I never realized that all these INCREDIBLY convenient and useful tools were there! I am so grateful for having learned this. It will definately make my life as far as research papers a little bit easier.
I was quite disturbed by "The White House" website. While I like that the average American can create their own website - this website still scared me. It looks credible . . but it definately isn't. The grammer alone is just atrocious . .. "the officious website of president george w. bush." I'm sorry - but that's just wrong. It's amazing how many websites with .org can be uncredible.