Practical Three

For Practical 3, I learnt about various Search Engines and the purposes they serve. I had no idea that there was such a thing as "Google Scholar". Google Scholar is a search engine that narrows its search results down to academic journals and research reports. While I do not have to use it often, it will prove very useful in research for my reports and in the future.

I also found out about search strategies to narrow my search results to what I need, and not together with other rubbish that might not be related. I used this phrase for my research query:
(Discuss) and (robot* or machine) and (role or function) and (culture or environment*)
This narrowed my my query down and gave me useful information for the subject.

My eyes were opened as to how useful Google really is. It has been done up to become very user-friendly. Drop-menus and "searching under categories" really help in what I want to look for. No wonder Google is the top search website in the world =)