“Ronald J. Granieri is doing what he can to keep his history students out of the quagmire of misinformation known as the World Wide Web. Two years ago, when he
started using Blackboard’s software to post assignments, handouts, and materials for his courses at Furman University, he added a link to a page of library resources. It was a small effort, perhaps, but he favors anything that leads his students away from Google and toward vetted scholarly material.”
“Students have this idea that there is no difference between searching on the Web and searching in the library,” says Mr. Granieri, an associate professor of history at Furman. He hopes that making the link between library materials and his course site — a locus of research activity for his students — will introduce them to new and better sources of information and help wean them away from search engines.” (from The Chronicle of Higher Education)
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