In an academic world where research is becoming synonymous with search engines and the Internet, teachers and specialists at school libraries and media centers across the country are working to reconcile students’ Internet-driven research habits with more conventional research methods and skills like critical reading and reading comprehension.
“The problem is not that students use Google or web search engines, it’s how they use them,” R. David Lankes, an associate professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, explained.
Teachers and specialists no longer focus on the Dewey Decimal System, footnotes and other library standards. Now they teach students how to synthesize online information and judge the credibility of Internet sources.
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