The Nature Of Internet Research

Where do you go to find information for devising research?

 Google
 Wikipedia
 Bing
 Library
 Books
 News articles
 Fire Fox
 Films
 Documentary’s
 Magazines
 Encyclopaedias
 CDs
 Maps
 Interviews
 Audiobooks
 Museums
 Sources
 Primary source – a person who was there or knows a lot about the subject 

How does the internet differ from other sources of information?

 It is all in one place 
 Can be accessed easily
 Not all of the information is reliable
 Information can be altered
 More opinions than facts (Biased)
 Easy to find lots of information
 Can be constantly updated
 People can use it to manipulate information to make things seem real and better than they are

What is your favourite place to find information?

Our favourite place is Google because it is easy to search for information and there are loads of results so you can look on different websites. Google also often comes up with Wikipedia which we like to use because the information is split up so it is easy to find out what you are looking for.

Similarities between the internet and book based information

 They both contain information
 They can both be biased
 The both have an index which you can use to find what you are searching for
 They can both contain secondary and primary information
 It could take time to find exactly what you are looking for
 It can contain both text and images

Differences between the internet and book based information

 Internet is virtual whilst books are Physical
 You can access the internet anywhere but you normally have to look in libraries or shops for books
 The internet is free and so are library books but you may have to buy books if from a shop
 Books normally are long and contain lots of information whereas the internet normally gives you the main, well known facts
 It normally takes less time to find what you are looking for on the internet than in a book