Assignment 1: Information Literacy

Igwe Udo
1. Internet Search
"Apple's iPhone And Pl!s "o #n Sale $o Long Lines #f %ans"
Article disc!sses a mo&ile technology: the new iPhone and Pl!s.
Article located on techcr!nch.com
'. S!mmary
$he ma(ority of the article is foc!sed on the sheer n!m&er of people who t!rned
!p at different stores) for the release of the new iPhone and Pl!s. $here has &een a
great deal of anticipation for the new de*ices. $he lines at stores clearly show how sorted
after these de*ices are. $here were places with o*er 1+++ people waiting in lines, many
locations had lines that stretched for se*eral &loc-s) some as far as three &loc-. Later on)
the articles goes on to mention some of the reason.feat!res that attracted people to the
new iPhone. So many) it is the new) &igger screen and new design of the phone, for
others) they were interested in the new camera and se*eral other new feat!res. $he article
also mentions that this la!nch was m!ch larger than those in the past) and co!ld mean
great things for Apple Inc. $ime will tell the tr!e res!lts of this latest la!nch.
/. Additional Internet Articles
I ran a search for iPhone on &ing.com and yahoo.com. It is not so simple saying
which of the two was &etter or more relia&le. 0oth search engines pro*ided many of the
same res!lts and articles. $here were some differences) howe*er. 0ing for e1ample) had
an article from thetechsilo.com) whereas 2ahoo had an article from &!sinesswee-.com.
$hese two articles may ha*e &een fo!nd on the co!nterpart search engines) &!t it seems
they may ha*e (!st &een more feat!red on the separate sites they were located.
3. $4AAP:
Article $itle: "5illions snap !p iPhone on opening wee-end".
A. $ime 6 this article was written on Septem&er '1) '+13. It has not &een !pdated)
as it was (!st recently written.
0. 4ele*ance 6 $he initial article I fo!nd on techcr!nch.com was a&o!t the great
n!m&er of people who lined !p o!tside Apple stores and other stores aro!nd the co!ntry.
$he second article I fo!nd on USA $oday tal-s a&o!t the millions of people who &o!ght
or pic-ed !p a copy of the new iPhone o*er the wee-end. It also mentions the millions of
other people who pre6ordered their phones) and now ha*e to wait for deli*ery.
7. A!thority 6 $he article was written &y 8ancy 0lair. She is USA $oday9s
technology editor)
:. Acc!rate 6 $he information is tr!stworthy. USA $oday is a well -nown and
rep!ta&le site.
;. P!rpose 6 $he article was written with the goal of informing the reader. It
details the pop!larity of the new iPhone) and why it is so pop!lar. $he does not really
seem to &e any &ias in the article, it is (!st a simple article meant to inform. 8ot to
pers!ade) diss!ade) or arg!e, (!st to simply inform.
<. Scholarly =o!rnal Articles
%or &oth articles) I simply searched the phrase >iPhone ? to find whate*er I co!ld on the
de*ice.
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Assignment 1: Information Literacy
Igwe Udo
I searched mainly in the Science.$echnology data&ase. 5y first article came from
5icrowa*e =o!rnal) and the other is from the ProA!est Science =o!rnals. Seeing as
the assignment was a&o!t technologies) it is only right to search in Science and
$echnology data&ase.

. 7omparison
0oth (o!rnals were not so simple to find) &!t it was not diffic!lt either. It (!st
reB!ired a little patience and e1ploration. #ne is more recent) as it was written on
%e&r!ary 1) '+1/. $he other was written on #cto&er 3) '+11) so it is slightly more dated.
C. 7itation
0lair) 8ancy) ed. "5illions Snap Un IPhone on #pening Dee-end." USA Today.
"annett 7ompany) '1 Sept. '+13. De&. '1 Sept. '+13.
Ehttp:..www.!satoday.com.story.tech.'+13.+F.'1.iphone66opening6wee-end6
sales.1<FF3<+/.G.
;therington) :arrell. "Apple's IPhone and Pl!s "o #n Sale $o Long Lines #f %ans."
Tech Crunch. A#L) 1F Sept. '+13. De&. '+ Sept. '+13.
Ehttp:..techcr!nch.com.'+13.+F.1F.apples6iphone66and66pl!s6go6on6sale6to6
long6lines6of6fans.G.
5asse) :an) ed. "An ;stimated 1+/ 5illion 3" L$; 5o&ile :e*ices Shipped in '+1'."
Microwave Journal. HoriIon Ho!se P!&lications Inc.) 1 %e&. '+1/. De&. '1 Sept.
'+13.
Ehttp:..we&.&.e&scohost.com.cc&cmd.idm.oclc.org.ehost.pdf*iewer.pdf*iewerJsid
KL/ed'F/6Lffd63<Fe6F/dF6fef1ac3e3+3M3+sessionmgr11<N*idK1NhidK11'G.
4itchie) 4ene. "IPhone ." IMore.com. P!rch) 13 Sept. '+13. De&. '+ Sept. '+13.
Ehttp:..www.imore.com.iphone6G.
Dal-inshaw) ;rin. "IPhone App an Aid in :iagnoising 7onc!ssions." ProQuest Science
Journals. 7anadian 5edical Association) 3 #ct. '+11. De&. '1 Sept. '+13.
Ehttp:..search.proB!est.com.cc&cmd.idm.oclc.org.science(o!rnals.doc*iew.F''+3+
L'.AFL'+'1<</73'3APA.'Jacco!ntidK/CL3G.
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