Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan, the assistant librarian, came to our class to talk about finding high-quality information on the web. Before his presentation, I had no idea that Google Scholar existed, which I think it's pretty helpful and a nice option to have(Thanks Google!).Google Scholar searches info that’s also in the main database, but attempts to prioritize websites that might be scholarly. You can also use the advanced search with Google Scholar. With the advanced search, you can limit the search to look for a specific language, sites or domains, or dates.
Another thing mentioned that caught my attention is the Cached page. A cached website is a copy of a page saved on the google server that can be accessed even if the website crashes. This cached page can be a great solution if too many people are trying to access the same website at the same time, or if the page has technical problems. It also highlights the keywords that you used in your search, making it easy to skim an article to see if it's relevant or not.

I think the information he gave us was very informative because I learned of many options that google has that I wasn't aware of.