Just Google It: How Google Has Changed Research for Grad Students

94: percentage of U.S. students who equate research with using Google, or other search engines.

75: percentage of students who use Wikipedia and online encyclopedias.

87: the percentage of all US adults using the Internet who also use search engines.

2 billion: Or nearly 30 percent of all humans, use the Internet

A history of online research

1962: J.C.R. Licklider of MIT has "Galactic Network" concept, a globally interconnected set of computers where everyone could access data from any site.

1989: Demonstration of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee.

1990: Public release of the World Wide Web.

1990: First search tool for the web (Archie) was created.

1993: First web crawler (Wanderer) was created.

1993: First graphical browser (Mosaic).

1994: Netscape browser launched.

1994: Development of first popular search engines (Alta Vista, Lycos, Excite and Yahoo)

1995: Internet Explorer launched.

1995: First public video-conference took place.

1996: Instant messaging services launched.

1997: Google released

1997: First weblog (blog) is attributed to Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom Web site.

1997: SixDegrees.com is launched. Often seen as the first social networking site.

Paid placement ranking: Goto morphed into Overture and Yahoo. Ranking depended on how much you paid.

1998 +: Link based ranking pioneered by Google

â¢ Blew away all search engines except Inktomi; meanwhile, Goto/Overture's annual revenues were nearly $1 billion.

2000: 400 million people across the globe use the internet.

2001: First commercial launch of 3G (Third Generation) mobile phones.

2001: First Access Grid developed at the University of Manchester.

2003: Myspace launched.

2003: Yahoo acquires Overture (for paid placement) and Inktomi (search)

2004: Mozilla Firefox web browser released (the 2nd most popular current browser after Internet Explorer).

2004: Facebook launched.

2006: Twitter launched.

2007: iPhone launched.

2008: Google Chrome browser launched.

2010: iPad launched.

2011: Number of internet users estimated as 2 billion world wide.

Percentage of people who go online, then use a search engine:

Millennials, age 18-33: 92 %

Gen X (34-45): 87

Younger Boomers (45-55): 86

Older Boomers (56-64): 87

Silent Generation (65-73): 82

G.I. Generation (74 plus): 72

All online adults (18 plus): 87

The battle of the Search Engines (as of 12/13)

Google: 66.7 percent of all searches

Microsoft sites (Bing): 18.2 percent

Yahoo: 11.2

Ask: 2.6

AOL: 1.4

Number of searches (worldwide: 18.3 billion in Dec. 2013)

Google: 12.3 billion of the 18.3 (or 66.7 % see above)

Microsoft (Bing): 3.3 billion

Yahoo: 2 billion

Ask: 452 million

AOL: 234 million

Online research tools used by students

â¢ Google or other online search engine: 94% of those surveyed

â¢ Wikipedia or other online encyclopedias:75 %

â¢ You Tube, or other social media sites: 52%

â¢ News sites of major news organizations (i.e. NY Times): 25%

â¢ Textbooks, electronic: 18%

â¢ Databases, such as EBSCO, JSTOR: 17%

Google Research tools

Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.com) : for search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

Google App Engine: Google funds projects that create tools, applications and curriculum that can be used by other educators in their own teaching environments.

Google Book Search: (www.books.google.com) Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free.

YouTube EDU: Resources for learning, from English lessons to real-life math.

Chrome's FlashCards extension: to learn languages faster, prep for exams

Google Earth: with thousands of aerial and satellite photos, dozens of layers of information: city names, country borders, airport locations, road maps.

Google Play: has millions of FREE books readily available

Sources:

https://theconversation.com/us-study-shows-google-has-changed-the-way-students-research-and-not-for-the-better-3087

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/22/erial_study_of_student_research_habits_at_illinois_university_libraries_reveals_alarmingly_poor_information_literacy_and_skills#ixzz2pd2IXJBX

http://searchengineland.com/teachers-say-students-equate-research-with-using-google-138542

http://searchengineland.com/search-number-2-online-activity-58927

http://www.stanford.edu/group/mmds/slides/raghavan-mmds.pdf

http://www.lightspeedaheadnewsletter.com/?p=317

http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/What-Is-Online-Research/chapter-ba-9781849665544-chapter-002.xml?print

http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2014/1/comScore_Releases_December_2013_US_Search_Engine_Rankings

The Pew Reseach Center's Internet and American Life Project Online Survey of Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/technology/52-google-tips-for-college-students/

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