Chris Nolan's Presentation

Chris Nolan’s presentation was very helpful in many ways. I had always used google as my main search engine, and I’ve always found it quite effective, but Mr. Nolan’s presentation showed me much more than I already knew. I learned more about google books and google scholar, programs that I had never used. One other interesting thing I learned is how to filter my search so I can have better articles that are more relevant to what my needs. It’s easy to just go to any search engine, and plug in a word, but you have to learn to difference between what is a good search and what is not a relevant search. Even though you can always have the library database to access reliable sources, it is also important to learn how to search for reliable sources on the web. Chris Nolan did a very good job explaining the differences between regular searches, and he also gave good tips on things we should and shouldn’t do. One of my favorite tips was the (-) o (+) sign on the search bar, and how you can look for each countries code to search for reliable information on the web. I thought the presentation overall was very helpful and I will probably use his tips on search engines very often.