Research has become easier with the Internet. This is probably akin to saying “technology has progressed immensely since the dawn of civilization.” Maybe so, but it doesn’t make either statement any less true. Nor any less false. There are pitfalls to all technology. Take the convenience of cell phones, for example. This technology has taken the phone off the wall, off the hook and out into the world. And you don’t have to memorize numbers. The pitfall? The same thing. “What’s Jon’s number?” “I don’t know. But I have it saved in my phone.” “Where’s your phone?” “Jon has it.” And so it is for Internet research. I know this for a fact because I checked Pitfalls.com, and it said so. On a Web site called bookrags.com, there’s a link to ask.com. It includes eight convenient little buttons listed as “Top Searches.” A recent one I saw included: Earthquake Jimmy Fallon Brangelina Sarah Jessica Parker Hannah Montana Armed Forces Summer Jobs Harrison Ford This came in handy. I needed to find out about whether Hannah Montana would prefer a stint in the armed forces instead of a summer job with Sarah Jessica Parker and Jimmy Fallon, studying the effect of earthquakes on Harrison Ford. What a time-saver! Bookrag also has “popular research topics,” namely, American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Blade Runner, The Middle East, fashion, building collapses, obesity, werewolves, adoption and acid rain. This, too, was a big help. I adopted an obese wer ...
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Research has become easier with the Internet. This is probably akin to saying “technology has progressed immensely since the dawn of civilization.” Maybe so, but it doesn’t make either statement any less true. Nor any less false. There are pitfalls to all technology. Take the convenience of cell phones, for example. This technology has taken the phone off the wall, off the hook and out into the world. And you don’t have to memorize numbers. The pitfall? The same thing. “What’s Jon’s number?” “I don’t know. But I have it saved in my phone.” “Where’s your phone?” “Jon has it.” And so it is for Internet research. I know this for a fact because I checked Pitfalls.com, and it said so. On a Web site called bookrags.com, there’s a link to ask.com. It includes eight convenient little buttons listed as “Top Searches.” A recent one I saw included: Earthquake Jimmy Fallon Brangelina Sarah Jessica Parker Hannah Montana Armed Forces Summer Jobs Harrison Ford This came in handy. I needed to find out about whether Hannah Montana would prefer a stint in the armed forces instead of a summer job with Sarah Jessica Parker and Jimmy Fallon, studying the effect of earthquakes on Harrison Ford. What a time-saver! Bookrag also has “popular research topics,” namely, American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Blade Runner, The Middle East, fashion, building collapses, obesity, werewolves, adoption and acid rain. This, too, was a big help. I adopted an obese wer ...