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Assignment 1: Information Literacy

Using the Google search engine in the article Tim Cook Visits Polo Alto Ale
!tore Line to La"nch iPhone # !ales$ it sho%s the &e&ication of Ale "sers to Ale
ro&"cts an& their ne% technology' The start of the article sho%s Tim %alking thro"gh
an& talking to the cro%& of se(eral h"n&re& eole o"tsi&e the store in Alto) California
for the la"nch of the ne% iPhone # an& iPhone # Pl"s on *ri&ay !etem+er 1,) -.1/' 0e
%as clearly sho%ing enth"siasm %ith all he met' Tim Cook is the C12 for Ale) an&
%hen aske& if he ha& an iPhone # or iPhone # Pl"s) he sai& +oth3 It is sai& that there has
+een recor& re4or&er !ales at a+o"t fo"r million' The s"+5ect for this search %as simly
iPhone #'
2n the same s"+5ect of iPhone #$) the search engine l67"ick %as "se&' This
search engine liste& articles oste& mostly +y tech$ comanies) %hich in t"rn liste&
mainly secifications a+o"t the ne% ro&"cts' It %as an ok$ set of articles8 ho%e(er) the
interest of the search %as mainly a+o"t the la"nch of the ne% ro&"cts) an& not the
secifications' 9ost &i& not sho% a secific a"thor) rather 5"st the tech$ comany as a
%hole' *inally) the article *ans :"e(e 2"tsi&e Ale;s Lon&on !tores for <e% iPhone#$
%as fo"n&' This article &i& sho% e6citement o"tsi&e the Ale store in Lon&on at Co(ent
Gar&en) %here aro"n& 1... eole %aite& in line for the =am store oening' The ne6t
search engine "se& %as Bing' Again) iPhone #$ %as "se& as key %or&s %here there %as
a rior ne%saer article sho%ing aara>>i tye ict"res a+o"t the ossi+le la"nch of the
ne% iPhone in an article calle& <e% Leake& ?ihone #; hotos@ <e% Leake& ?ihone #;
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hotos3 $' The Bing search engine seeme& easier to "se for the +ase of this artic"lar
research) ho%e(er) the l67"ick search engine at the en& of the &ay) ro&"ce& a similar
article to the one release& on Google'
The article *ans :"e"e 2"tsi&e Ale;s Lon&on !tore for <e% iPhone #$ %as
oste& at =:A. am B!T on !etem+er 1,) -.1/ an& has not +een "&ate&' This &i& relate
to the original toic of the release of the iPhone # an& &efinitely ca"ght the e6citement of
the ne% mo+ile technology release' The a"thor of the article %as Bhiannon Cilliams)
%ho is a reorter for Lon&on;s The Telegraher' The acc"racy in this article can +e
s"orte& +y the clear enth"siasm sho%n in the cro%&s' There &oes not seem to +e any
+ias in this article an& the article %as %ritten to inform) altho"gh Ale s"rely is hay
a+o"t the "+licity'
Chen trying to fin& scholarly articles on the same s"+5ect from CCBC li+rary
&ata+ases) the l"ck %as a little less' The key %or&s "se& %ere mo+ile technology$ an&
iPhone #$' <ot all of the &ata+ases ha(e easily accessi+le ?scholarly 5o"rnals$ an& after a
fe% attemts) Pro:"est %as "se&) kno%n for ha(ing this tye of 5o"rnal' 9ost articles
ha& rior reference to iPhones s"ch as A) / an& D) nothing on #'
The only connection that %as fo"n& +et%een the initial article a+o"t Tom Cook
an& the t%o scholarly 5o"rnals ha& to &o %ith ne% technology' 2f co"rse the article %ith
Tom Cook %as secific to the iPhone # an& iPhone # Pl"s) +"t one scholarly 5o"rnal %as
a+o"t a %oman that sent three million &ollars of her o%n money on &e(eloing Ale
sec"rity alications) %hich floe&' This %as calle& $!"ccessf"l !afety As Eon;t
0aen 2(ernight$' The other scholarly 5o"rnal %as a little more interesting' It %as
calle& the Big Bl"e Ale$ an& if %as in reference to IB9 some%hat 5oining forces %ith
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Ale as of F"ne -.1/) an& %ill &e(elo certain alications an& Clo"& ser(ices for
Ale' IB9;s 1..)... %orkers %ill +ecome a s"ort system' This is a (ery e6citing
a&&ition for mo+ile technology at Ale' Altho"gh an interesting article) it is easier to
access rele(ant articles on Google' The initial article %as (ery easy to fin&' The scholarly
5o"rnals %ere a lain ain to fin&' Google also %as %ay timelier' Both articles sho%e&
signs of a"thority) ro+a+ly the scholarly 5o"rnal %o"l& +e more so) ho%e(er) no thank
yo" CCBC) it is not en5oya+le to scro"nge aro"n& on the site %hen Google is right there3
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Bra&for&) 0arry' <e% Leake& GiPhone #G Photos@ <e% Leake& GiPhone #G Photos3$
The 0"ffington Post' , !et' -.1/' Ce+' -. !et' -.1/'
Castell"ccio) 9ichael' HBig Bl"e Ales'H !trategic *inance ,#'A I-.1/J: D,4#.'
Pro:"est' Ce+' -. !e' -.1/'
Ce+er) Ea(e) C'!'P' H2ne HTech F"nkieGsH !tory: H!"ccessf"l !afety As EonGt 0aen
2(ernightH'H I!0< /='# I-.1/J: A-)A-)A/' Pro:"est' Ce+' -. !e' -.1/'
Cilliams) 9artyn' Tim Cook (isits Palo Alto Ale !tore line to la"nch iPhone # sales'$
PCCorl&' !e 1,) -.1/' Ce+' -. !et' -.1/'
Cilliams) Bhiannon' *ans 7"e"e o"tsi&e AleGs Lon&on stores for ne% iPhone #$'
The Telegrah' 1, !e -.1/' Ce+' -. !et' -.1/'
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