Assignment 1: Information Literacy Brittany Pope

September 20, 2014

As time continues to be quite fleeting for all of us, tere are tecnicians an! scientists
of "ottingam #rent $ni%ersity tat are putting teir time to goo! use accor!ing too
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.eart-.elps-#rain-Surgeons(asp/ ( )* Printing is te ne/t big ting tat is surging our
possibilities an! ma0ing tem en!less but tangible in te near future( #is tecnology
brances off in many !ifferent fiel!s of stu!y an! can be use! in part 1ust for recreation(
#e title of te article encompasses is all2 3)*-Printe! .eart .elps #rain Surgeons4(
Specifically te creator of te eart 5icar! Arm states tat te eart e printe! using )*
printing coul! benefit surgeons for years to come an! is 3as close as you can get4( #is
!e%elopment as brougt ne' meaning to stu!ents of "#$ an! ne' meaning to te term
3an!s-on training4(
Find two additional Internet articles on the same topic. (4 points)
$sing te searc engine 6oogle first I foun! tat te number of results 'ere about
7,,800,000 relating to my topic of researc( #e secon! searc engine I cose 'as bing
an! te number of results pertaining to my topic 'as 24,400,000 'ic 'as about a tir!
of 6oogle9s results( #a0ing a closer loo0 at bot an! ten comparing te t'o I9%e foun!
tat e%en toug 6oogle a! a significantly larger compilation of !ata it 'as far more
quantity but lac0e! in quality material( If I solely use! tis engine for Internet articles I
'oul! a%e to filter tre' page after page to fin! one 'it some substance an! merit(
Bing a! a %ariety of quality material tat 'as on te %ery first page an! all relate!
specifically to my topic of )* printing an! 'at it can offer for our future en!ea%ors(
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Assignment 1: Information Literacy Brittany Pope
September 20, 2014
6oogle inclu!es :i0ipe!ia in its fin!ings 'ic coul! account for te %ery ig number
but lea%ing it %ulnerable to be a source of false information since te a%erage ;oe coul!
post teir o'n i!ea of te trut, at any moment, about any topic on :i0i(
TRAAP your sources. (8 points)
#e <ngineer poste! on September 17, 2014 an article title! 3"e' )* Lenses =ay
Bring =icroscopy to >ell pones4( #is article broa!ene! my 0no'le!ge about te
flourising ne' tecnology an! its capabilities( Altoug it9s ob%ious te article foun! at
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Printe!-Lenses-=ay-Bring-=icroscopy-to->ellpones(asp/ 'as not only tere to inform
but to sell tere ne' foun! )* printe! mobile tecnology te information 'as still foun!
to be accurate an! not fabricate!( I9%e come to tat conclusion by %erifying teir source
tey liste! on te last page of te Article( #ose in%este! in tis ne' i!ea a%e all te
autority to 'rite about it an! can be foun! from te original articles source ere
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Find two scholarly journal articles on the same topic. (4 points)
#e #'o scolarly articles I9%e foun! regar!ing topics pertaining to )*printing 'ere
>ronin, Leroy( CIntegrate! )*-printe! 5eaction'are for >emical Syntesis an!
Analysis(C Nature.com( "ature Publising 6roup, 1, Apr( 2012( :eb( 21 Sept( 2014( an!
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Assignment 1: Information Literacy Brittany Pope
September 20, 2014
An, ;ong-.yun( Heterogeneous Three-Dimensional Electronics by Use of Printed
Semiconductor Nanomaterials )14(,+0? D200?E: 17,4--7,7( :eb( )1 Fct( 200?(
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#e ;ournal articles 'ere muc more in !ept an! igly specific to o' teir
organiIations an! stu!ies 'ere interconnecte! 'it te use of )* printing( In comparison
to te 'eb searces you can often get a lot of !uplicate results on 6oogle, bing etc( but by
accessing scolarly 1ournals no t'o 1ournals 'ere te same an! tey 'ere all accre!ite!
an! 'ritten by people 'o9s 1ob an! career 'as solely base! on tis specific topic( #e
1ournals 'ere rater easy to access( Altoug tey 'ere meant to be rea! by oter
scolars an! people 'o easily un!erstan! teir 1argon an! o' in !ept teir researc is
an! all tat it entails( Searcing te 'eb for articles is a lot easier to compreen! for te
broa!er approac of information(

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