Dana Bartgis Assignment 1: Information Literacy

Dana Bartgis
Professor Parker
CSIT 101
Assignment 1: Information Literacy
The first article was titled Google Reveals Secret Drone Delivery Tests. This article focs
on how !oogle is "eginning to "ranch ot into the atomated world with a drone deli#ery
system$ %riginally designed to deli#er defi"rillators to heart attack #ictims& !oogle's drone
(rogram is considering other (ossi"le "enefits for today's "sy society$ )or e*am(le& the drone
systems will "e a"le to deli#er s((lies to (re#iosly nreacha"le (eo(le in need$ !oogle+*, is
working on creating new technology that was (re#iosly nheard of$
The second article& General Motors to Offer Hands-Free Driving by 201, was fond
sing the Bing search engine$ And the third article& Google! Self-driving cars are "astering city
streets, was fond sing the !oogle search engine$ Both search engines ha#e their own "enefits
de(ending on what yo are looking for in yor article$ !oogle's reslts mainly consisted of
#ideos& images& and articles from main news sorces sch as C--$ Bing's reslts consisted of
one main sggested site& for other recommended articles& and a list of related search to(ics$
!oogle is "etter if yo are trying to get a general idea of a s".ect/ meanwhile& Bing is more
sefl when trying to narrow down a general to(ic into more s(ecific s"0to(ics$
The third article was (dated 1onday 23 A(ril& 2014$ The to(ic I am focsing is
emerging technology and this article featres new self0dri#ing #ehicles/ therefore& the article is
rele#ant$ The athor of this article is Dog !ross$ Since he is an em(loyee of the Ca"le -ews
-etwork& he is tasked with sharing news with millions of #iewers$ 1ch of the information in
this article is from the head of !oogle's self0dri#ing car (ro.ect& and the information is s((orted
"y an attached link showing how the cars laser system works$ The (r(ose of this article is to
inform the ("lic$ The material is "iased since the ma.ority of the information is from the !oogle
team rather than an otside (arty$
Both the Internet and the 5ornal Articles were fairly easy to access/ howe#er& the
5ornals were slightly more time consming and difficlt "ecase of all the secrity (recations$
The Internet seemed to ha#e more recent articles while& the most recent article in the 5ornals
was fi#e months (ast$ The 5ornals seemed to "e from more trstworthy sorces while& the
Internet has a wide #ariety of articles from #arios sorces "oth relia"le and ncertain$ 6hile
searching the CCBC Data"ases I sed self0dri#ing car& dri#erless car7s8& and atonomos #ehicle
as keywords in the Bsiness Sorce Premier Data"ase$
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Dana Bartgis Assignment 1: Information Literacy
6orks Cited
!ross& Dog$ 9!oogle: Self0dri#ing Cars Are 1astering City Streets$9 #able $e%s $et%or&.
Trner Broadcasting System& Inc.& 23 A(r$ 2014$ 6e"$ 14 Se(t$ 2014$
:elly& ;eather$ 9!oogle <e#eals Secret Drone Deli#ery Tests$9 #able $e%s $et%or&$ Trner
Broadcasting System& Inc.& 2= Ag$ 2014$ 6e"$ 1> Se(t$ 2014$
:o(ytoff& ?erne$ 9!oogle to Bild Self0dri#ing Car: -o Steering 6heel -ecessary$9 -$($& 23
1ay 2014$ 6e"$ 13 Se(t$ 2014$
Lil.as& Per$ 9This Is !oogle@s 1ost Detailed Prototy(e Aet of a Self0Dri#ing Car$9 -$($& 2= 1ay
2014$ 6e"$ 1= Se(t$ 2014$
%s"orne& Charlie$ 9!eneral 1otors to %ffer ;ands0free Dri#ing "y 201B$9 'D$et$ -$($& 03 Se(t$
2014$ 6e"$ 1C Se(t$ 2014$
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