• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Andrew Walsh - Librarian and History Author

  • Home
  • My Work and Experience
  • Blog

Academic Research

How Does Google Scholar Work and How Can I Use It Better?

July 23, 2013 by Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

Google is great for its convenience and quick answers but much more hit or miss when you need authoritative sources. It’s important to critically evaluate your search results to figure out who each author is and why he or she might be a good person to write about the subject at hand. But another thing […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Academic Research, Google

Is Wikipedia a Reliable Source? A Look Into Its Credibility

October 20, 2012 by Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

”Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.” These oft-quoted words from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales demonstrate an interesting paradox: how can an information source be lauded as a modern-day Library of Alexandria while at the same […]

Filed Under: Evaluating Sources Tagged With: Academic Research, Information Literacy, Wikipedia

Primary Sidebar

Categories

  • Academic Librarianship (18)
  • AI and Librarians (6)
  • Dayton Activities/Events (2)
  • Digital Productivity (10)
  • Evaluating Sources (17)
  • Library History (7)
  • Local History (14)
  • Open Education (8)
  • Presentations (11)
  • Rare Books/Special Collections (3)
  • Technology (55)
  • Urbanism (6)
  • Writing (12)

Recent Posts

  • What Was the First Social Media Platform? History of the Earliest Networking Sites
  • Upcoming Talk on Dayton Industrial History at the Dayton Arcade
  • Summer Series of Lunchtime Dayton Walking Tours
  • A New Project: Lost Urban Vistas
  • AI Research Tips: New Information Literacy Videos on Topic Selection, Source Evaluation
  • Talk on Dayton’s Appalachian History
  • New Podcast on Dayton History, Redevelopment, and Urbanism!

Tags

Academic Research Amazon Apple Blogging Books Business ChatGPT Copyright Dayton Dayton Arcade eBooks Email Evernote Facebook Flow/Focus Generative AI Goals Google Habits Higher Education Information Literacy iPad Kindle Mexico Microsoft Misinformation Podcasts Privacy Publishing Search Engines Security Sinclair College Smartphones Social Media Spam Stockbridge Bible Student Success Tablets Textbooks Video Creation Web Hosting Website Creation Wikipedia WordPress YouTube

Recent Comments

  • Judge Truth on Standalone GPS vs. Google Maps or Waze on Smartphone: Which to Use?
  • Mr. Irritable on Standalone GPS vs. Google Maps or Waze on Smartphone: Which to Use?

Copyright © 2026 · Author Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in