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Why should I care about traditionally published information?

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Once upon a time...

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Students determined to be successful in college,

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and ultimately in life,

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didn't have to worry as much about finding reliable information.

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Once upon a time...

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They were generally directed toward sources

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that had gone through a rigorous review process.

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In the old days,

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students found themselves sitting before multi-volume indexes

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that would ultimately point them toward articles

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edited by experts in their chosen field.

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Or they would be found fingering through a card catalog

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that served as a beginning place in their quest to find just the right books.

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Once upon a time...

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The information students relied on to write their research papers

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was usually given a stamp of approval before it was made available to them.

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In other words,

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it was published by companies and other organizations that hired experts

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to make sure it was accurate before it was made available to the public.

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But now..

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Students are facing a lot more information

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and a lot of new temptations.

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We all know anyone can put up a website.

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Some of these sites can be pretty useful.

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Most sites have not been subjected to a rigorous review process.

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In other words...

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the experts did not sign off on them.

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I thought I could find everything through Google, but...

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my sources weren't good enough?

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The World Wide Web has made it very easy for students to ignore

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the information produced by the experts--

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the sources that may well have helped their parents

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get into schools like UCSD.

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This information is often published in articles and books,

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and these sources are usually not made available through Google or similar search engines.

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But I do find articles and book through Google.

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Google may point toward some useful information

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if you are willing to weed through all the junky stuff

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and carefully evaluate the sources you do choose.

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Even so,

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other students understand where traditionally published information can be found--

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whether it is on the library shelves

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or in a virtual library.

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So if you are in the habit

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of just grabbing a site or two that seems to cover it

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before clicking on Microsoft Word,

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you are bound to come up short next to the student

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who has also surveyed the range of traditionally published sources available.

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I'm sorry,

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but if it takes more than three minutes,

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I'm done.

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It's up to you!

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If you really want to find the sources that will help you learn about a topic

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or defend your argument,

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a little patience is required.

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Any skill that truly matters takes time to perfect,

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including research.

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I already know how to search the Internet.

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Again, students who don't understand the limitations

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of a quick and dirty web search,

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will ultimately lose out to those who do.

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Here's the good news!

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A lot of the information students once relied on

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to write award-winning papers

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can be found on the Internet.

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OK. What's the catch?

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Traditionally published information,

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which includes journals, magazines, newspapers, and books,

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is often available through research databases,

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such as Academic Search Premier

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or Academic Onefile.

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In other words,

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you might not be able to find comprehensive collections of traditionally published information

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on the Internet through Google,

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but you may be able to find some of this content through your library.

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Did you know your college library buys collections of published books and articles

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that have been produced in electronic formats

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and added to research databases.

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These are the same academic sources college students have always used,

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the sources written by the experts.

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But now we have some sophisticated search tools available to help students

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sift through articles and books to find just the right information.

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Here's the bad news...

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It takes time to learn how to use these tools well.

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However, once you become

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a more efficient researcher,

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you can potentially find a lot more relevant information.

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You can even discover ways to do this quickly--

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once you learn how to truly take advantage of all the useful search features

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databases have to offer.

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The problem, again,

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Google won't get you there.

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Libraries pay for their research databases.

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Because of this,

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they only make these sources available to their own users.

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So Google might get you to your library's website,

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but it won't take you into your library's databases.

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And that's where you'll find information written by experts.

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Here's the solution...

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Start the research process on your library's website.

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This point is tough for today's student to remember,

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because many of us turn to Google

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every single day.