There is one perk to the Internet and that is it is amazingly fast. It is far easier to type in some keywords than go to a library and locate a book on the same subject. Regardless of how fast the Internet is it's a good idea to get used to finding books in a library using the Dewey decimal system, after a while you get used to it. Another option is to learn how to determine if the website you're on is accurate.
Before you even click on a website read the URL, website name and the sentences that are shown below the website. Sometimes you can be clued in on whether the website is appropriate or not from the name. For those of you looking for inappropriate websites on the Internet I think I should warn you that viruses are mostly found on those sites, it's much better to just go to an adult store, because then you don't have to worry about spamming up your computer. There is also a virus on google images, just the other day my science teacher was clicking on a picture of a crystal and the computer said it was starting a virus scan. If this happens to you, do not use the virus scan, instead restart your computer. This virus can happen on any picture from BBC characters to rocks.
Once you find a website that seems okay it's time to find out if the information is correct. Usually university websites are fairly accurate and organisation websites like NASA. If it is on a website not linked to a well known organization or place of learning you should probably look up the person who wrote the piece. Honestly I am not completely certain how to go about doing this, so I go with option two. If you can't find out more a bout the person's credentials compare their piece with at least two other similar pieces on the Internet. If all three sites, not written by the same author, agree then there is a good chance the information is accurate, although I would suggest not directly quoting it, because you never know. When using the Internet even for a quick answer always check various sources. Sometimes it's not better to Google it it's better to book it.
Fun Facts
Just to put the Internet in perspective here are some fun facts.
Just to put the Internet in perspective here are some fun facts.
-Around 1942 the first binary computer was created.
-The Internet was created around 1982
-One of the oldest books found is from 3000 BC
Books are always better than random internet information! When all of this technology goes up in smoke because we no longer have fossil fuels to burn to run our energy consuming machines the people who have kept their book collections will be the truly blessed few!
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