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Written by Mendi Evans on 2025-01-28 at 15:07

Working with a student, and we're trying to research for a project. Wow, research is so much harder these days, especially knowing what sites to trust and then trying to type the right combination of words to get valid and useful sites. I don't envy students these days.

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Written by Terry B. on 2025-01-28 at 15:08

@Mendi_Tech exactly if you don't ask the right question all you get is garbage. it used to be way easier

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Written by Bruce Toews on 2025-01-28 at 15:09

@gtbray @Mendi_Tech I completely disagree, with all respect. Research, at least for me, is far easier than it was.

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Written by Terry B. on 2025-01-28 at 15:10

@Bruce @Mendi_Tech now that the AI is getting in to the act you have to dig deeper to get answers.

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Written by Tech Singer on 2025-01-28 at 15:14

@gtbray @Bruce @Mendi_Tech There, I agree. Search engines are less useful by the day. However, databases are still quite useful. How long that will last, though, is an open question.

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Written by Bruce Toews on 2025-01-28 at 15:16

@techsinger @gtbray @Mendi_Tech Search engines are still very useful, as long as you approach every set of search engine results with a healthy does of skeptisim, always follow the money, and unless a source is extremely trustworthy, always look for another.

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Written by Terry B. on 2025-01-28 at 15:18

@Bruce @techsinger @Mendi_Tech thank you for making such a good arguement in support of my feelings on the subject.

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Written by Bruce Toews on 2025-01-28 at 15:20

@gtbray @techsinger @Mendi_Tech The skepticism and fact-checking is what experts will tell you we should have been doing all along, but we allowed ourself to get lazy.

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Toot

Written by Mendi Evans on 2025-01-28 at 15:25

@Bruce @gtbray @techsinger No sir. I've always cross checked things. I was very spoiled when I was in college though, as our library had nice subscriptions to academic resources.

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Descendants

Written by Tech Singer on 2025-01-28 at 15:32

@Mendi_Tech @Bruce @gtbray Many of the public libraries now have access to those databases. Some will give cards, or temporary cards, to people outside their area, too.

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