Information Literacy

Muhammad Nussarullah

1. Two Scholarly Journal Articles

a) List the keywords you used to find the articles. (1 point)

Childrens use of mobile devices were my search words

b) Identify the database you used. (1 point)

Source direct was my database.
c) Why did you choose this database? (1point)
I choose this database because it is giving me parents perception of the use of mobile
devices.
Cite DB article 1 in APA or MLA format. (2 points)
W. L. Goh, Wendy, Susanna Bay, and Vivian Hsueh-Hua Chen. "Young School ChildrenS
Use Of Digital Devices And Parental Rules." Telematics And Informatics
32.(2015): 787-795. ScienceDirect. Web. 20 Sept. 2015.
d) Cite DB article 2 in APA or MLA format. (2 points)
Kiger, Derick, and Dani Herro. "Bring Your Own Device: Parental Guidance (PG) Suggested."
Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To Improve Learning 59.5 (2015): 51-61.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Sept. 2015.
Scholarly Article # 1

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Scholarly Article # 2

2. Articles from Internet

a) Write a paragraph summarizing the article in 3-4 sentences. Include the title of the
article. (3 points)
Very Young Kids Often Use Tablets, Smartphones, Study Finds
The article is trying to tell us that up to half of very young children use smartphones and tablets
in some way before their first birthday. But parents still worry about their children's use of

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mobile media. By age 1 year, more than one-third of their babies had touched or scrolled the
screen of a mobile device such as a smartphone. Parents also worried about children's social
skills or imagination if they used too much mobile media or their ability to keep up in a techsavvy world if they didn't use the media at all.
b) Cite Internet article 1 in APA or MLA format. (2 points)
Haelle, Tara. "Very Young Kids Often Use Tablets, Smartphones, Study Finds."
Consumer HealthDay. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2015.

3. One additional Internet source

a) List the keywords you used to do the search. (1 point)
The keywords that I used are kids usage of cellphones
1. b) Cite Internet article 2 in APA or MLA format. (2 points)
"Children and Mobile Devices." Children and Mobile Devices. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept.
2015.
2. c) Run the same search (using the same keywords) on two different search engines.
Identify the search engines you used. (1 point)
The search engines are Google and Bing.
3.

Create a table to compare the results from the two search engines was one search
engine better than
Etc. (2 points)

the other, why, how. How many search results did you receive?

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Why
Search words

Google
Many results to choose from
kids usage of cellphones

Bing
Easy to find topics
young children using

technology
Results
About hundred results
Found 55 results
I think Bing search engines are better because in Bing It was really easy to find the specific
topics.

4. TRAAP your sources

a) Time The publication year was recent
b) Relevance Information from the site is related to my topic.
c) Authority Tara Haelle is a journalist and a photographer, so she is reliable.
d) Accurate They were reliable sources because both sources provided statistics to
support their view.
e) Purpose The purpose is to persuade parents to not let their children to overuse
devices.
Compare the Internet and Journal articles. (6 points 2 points per section)
a) Ease of access The journal articles was easy to find articles. The citation of the
website is also easy to find from CCBC website.
b) Timeliness: The Internet articles were recent, and the journal articles date was not for
this year.

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c) Authority The journal articles were more reliable because they gave us the source
about where they found the information from.