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Fetch and Retrieve
By Tammy Derouin
Today's world is full of instant
information. Type a question into the search bar and you are given
pages of sources to find your answer. You can also verbally ask a
question and the computer will verbally respond. What was once a
science fiction dream has become reality. We've adapted rather
quickly to having questions answered, on the spot, with so little
effort being required.
Having instant answers is convenient
but there's also a downside. The process of learning how to search
for answers is sometimes lost. I remember going to the library and
spending Saturday afternoons, in addition to time spent in the school
library during the week, looking for information for research papers
and other assignments. It would have been much more convenient to
sit at home and look things up on a computer. However, the search
was in many ways part of the lesson. It took time and patience to
get answers.
There was also an understanding that
the sources were truthful. Credibility was once a high standard in
the world of news and information. Periodicals such as news
magazines and newspapers are a common source of information for
research papers. Opinions may differ, which was also the purpose of
some research papers, but there was a certain trust that the sources
would have the correct facts.
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