Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan, assistant university librarian at Trinity, presented to our class on different types of search engines, how to search topics effectively, and how to distinguish between credible web sources and the not so credible ones. As far as search engine statistics, between 72%-65% of Internet users prefer using the Google search engine as compared to other search engines. I learned about how Google ranks several pages according to web page hits, credibility, and the general search topic. I also learned about the vast amount of search options Google has to offer that range from language preference to search results from certain types of websites (com, gov, edu, etc). Something quite useful I learned and that I will definitely apply to future research assignments is the convenience of using a directory versus a typical search engine. All in all, Chris Nolan’s presentation was interesting and applicable on how to research topics at a college level.