Infodiet

The comparison of Google to a fast food restaurant the way college students tend to lean toward the “quick” and “easy” way of learning is a great comparison because I can closely relate with the idea. When trying to write multiple papers or do research for projects it is sometimes inconvenient to spend loads of time doing the extensive research and working with the library search engines much like when you are in a hurry you swing by McDonalds instead of cooking a healthy meal at home. Also, I agree that though it is easy, the information found on Google or other non-educational search engines is often not accurate and can make papers not as strong and less accurate.
If libraries and librarians could somehow make the academic search engines easier to navigate I believe that students would be more likely to lean towards the academic engines than the Google’s and other popular search engines. We tend to go for the easy and quick route because often our time to write multiple papers is limited and taking extra time to do “academic” search when we can use other engines we chose the easy way out.
Another good point brought up in this article is that more often than not the professors who are giving out assignments and requiring research to be done do not know how to use the search engines that they are expecting their student to use. If students and professors alike will both lean toward the academic search engines and have a better understanding of how they are used, the learning process will be easier and the quality of work will also increase.