Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Libraries?

Yes, I know, libraries may seem outdated with all the technological advances we have made that allow information gathering, such as services like Google Scholar that let us find research articles online. I was of the same mindset and hadn't really considered utilizing any library resources until prompted by my research class.

So I contacted one of my schools librarians, gave her a rundown of what my research project was and a short explanation of my topic and let her see what references I had already found. She found the topic very interesting and let me know of additional ways to find articles online, such as Academic Search Premier and Science Direct. She even went out and found a useful article Passwords and the Evolution of Imperfect Authentication on the subject.

I found this all very helpful and has both widened my search area and helped to supplement my source pool, I was not expecting to get this level of dedication and helpfulness to my project. I would recommend that more students take advantage of their school libraries, and I will be using them more as my research project progresses.

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