Summary Of Randall Mcclure's Essay Googlepedia

Randall McClure’s essay “Googlepedia” assesses current students’ predominate approach to research-based writing, and uses realistic ways to push such approaches further. He does this by analyzing two of his students’ methods. Of the strategies his students use, perhaps the most effective is Edward’s use of Wikipedia as a leaping off point, before delving further and entering search terms into Google (230). This practice should be just the beginning of an in-depth research process. However, Edward’s successional use of search engines does provide a template for an ideal research process. In addition, although he does not go nearly in depth, he does include an assessment of the author’s credibility (229). More rigorous assessment could greatly