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critical thinking in an online world

This article was hard to follow but it focused on the proffesion ofthe librarian and how the internet has affected it. Many of us willprobably never step foot in a library again. The internet is themain source for information, not to mention the fastest. before theinternet, people depended on libraries to get the information theyneeded for research, book reports, or just reading for personalenjoyment. Now all the information you need is right at yourfingertips.

Inside the library, there are also librarians there to help you findthat book you're looking for or to point you in the right directionfor your research paper. This seems almost unessescary now that allwe have to do is google a few words and find more than enoughinformation to get through what needs to be done. But this doesn'thave to be the case. Librarians can still be of great use to us.Sometimes the answers aren't right there in front of us. We oftenneed to go beyond the minimum expectations and see what else we canfind. Thats where the librarian comes in. They can help usdistinguish between the right and wrong information.

The internet is an open market for anyone to put whatever they wantup for the world to see. THis doesnt make it accurate. So we cantjust believe everything we read. A librarian can help us criticallyanalyze what is being read and filter out things that are false ornot helpful to the goal one is trying to reach. So even thoughinformation is easier to get nowadays, it doesnt make your work mucheasier. There is still the task of better judgement, which many ofus do not have, but the librarians are always there to help.