Brandice Luther

Information Literacy

Assignment 1: Information Literacy

Best Practice (BB): create the document and under each step type the
answer.

1. Use the Internet to find a Technology current event

article

The article must be current (no more than 30 days old) and from a
reputable source
Article must discuss one or more of the following topics;
o Mobile technology
o Ethics
o Privacy
o Security
o Emerging technology
Some recommended sites are zdnet.com, techcrunch.com, technology
sections of CNN, BBC, and Economist.
-Zdnet .com = At&t responds to t-mobile roll over shared data, but online
for one billing cycle.

2. Write a paragraph summarizing the article. (5 points)

--you have 2 companies with good plans but neither have both under
the same plans. So you really have to sit and decipher which company you
would want to switch to. Also its a very good idea to rollover unused
minutes that way you will never run out of minutes in your monthly plan.

3. Find two additional Internet articles on the same topic.

(4 points)

List the keywords you will use to do the search.

Run the search on two different search engines.
Identify the search engines you used.
Compare the results from the two searches was one search engine
better than the other, why, how.
-techcrunch and cnn
- roll over shared data (keyword)
- said its not sure if they will charge iphone users
-I liked the techcrunch better because it gave more information other than
the other two articles.

4. TRAAP your sources. (8 points)

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Evaluate one Internet article you found in step 3 by answering the following
questions:
1. Time when was it written? Has it been updated?
2. Relevance does it relate to your topic or answer your question?
3. Authority who is the author(s)? Are they qualified to write about this
topic? How do you know?
4. Accurate is the information trustworthy? Is it supported by evidence?
Has it been tested for accuracy?
5. Purpose why was it written, to inform, sell, persuade? Is there a bias or
is the material objective?
-1/7/15 @16:20 not updated
- yes answers all questions it relates to my topic as well
-Matthew Miller is the author he has been writing pieces on mobile devices
since 1997.
-some of the information is accurate
-It was written to persuade people to switch over to either companies

5. Find two scholarly journal articles on the same topic

from the CCBC library databases. (4 points)

List the keywords you used to find the articles.

Identify the database you used.
Justify the choice of the database used.
- I used shared data plan for my look up keywords
I used find articles , books database also used education source
The choice of databases I used was limited

6. Compare the Internet and Journal articles. (5 points)

Write a paragraph comparing one Internet article and one journal article based
on the following:
Ease of access
Timeliness
Authority
- The ease of access was fast and easy
-Timeliness was a little long because I had to really read the articles to
make sure they was talking about the same things.
-The only one that I found authoritative was the first source.

7. Cite all five sources in APA or MLA format. (10 points)

Specify which format you are using.
You may also use Easy Bib to create citations
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8.

I used MLA Format

Place the title of the assignment and your name on the left side of the
header.
Place the page number in the center of the footer.

Formatting of document. (4 points)

9.

Works Cited
Newman, Jared. "AT&T makes Shared data plans mandatory." Macworld 2014: 29. Academic OneFile.
Web. 10 Jan. 2015.Works Cited
Friedberg, Mark W., et al. "Option Pricing: A Flexible Tool To Disseminate Shared Savings
Contracts." American Journal Of Managed Care 19.8 (2013): e285-e299. Academic Search Premier.
Web. 10 Jan. 2015
http://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-responds-to-t-mobile-roll-over-shared-data-but-only-for-one-billingcycle/

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Grading of Project
Paragraph summarizing the article
5 points
Two additional Internet articles
4 points
TRAAP your sources
8 points
Two additional Journal articles
4 points
Compare the Internet and Journal articles 5 points
Cite all five sources
10 points
Formatting of document
4 points
Total
40 points

Points will be deducted for spelling and grammatical errors.