The article is discussing how Google has made it actually more difficult to research subject, people, or items for students. It speaks about the mass amount of hits each term receives when using Google as a research tool. I also mentions how most of the sites given by Google are not scholarly cites and can be filled with domains that can’t be used as authoritative. The author says that due to places like Google students have now made their research methods broader rather than learning how to shrink down their search for more detail. The alternatives offered are of course libraries, but also new internet projects that are working with libraries combining information from different locations. Also the new projects will be ranking the information given in order of relevancy to the terms being searched.
I think the article makes a good point. We actually discussed these things in class last week. Google will throw out pages of web sites for any subject you look up, but generally the top lists are opinionated or not considered scholarly so they first pages or so may be useless. There is also no way to weed out the unneeded sites you simply have to scroll. I think the projects like RedLightGreen are a great idea. To be able to use a site just like Google and not have to worry if the sources given are credible is wonderful.
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