What? There's more to life than Google?

Most of you LAN101 students have a tentative topic and as Prof. Ballenger suggests, you need to develop working knowledge of this topic. Likely, your first thought is to Google your topic, which is a decent idea.

But, did you know that there's more to life than Google? To be more accurate, there's more to the Internet than Google will ever reveal.

Part of your job this semester is to become an expert on your topic and experts use various strategies to engage their curiosity about their topics. So, if Google is your only (or, might I suggest, even primary) strategy, you'll sell your research process short. You'll write the same old research papers you've always written. And you'll miss out on all the fun of learning new strategies and becoming a more efficient and more academic researcher.

The Open Education Database has an excellent article titled "Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources," which you should definitely read. Best of all, this article is subdivided into helpful categories like "Economic and Job Data" or "Law and Politics" or "Medical and Health," (just to name a few) so you can easily preview sources and search engines pertinent to your topic.

Take a look and let me know what you think about this source!