The major goal of libraries is to get students to move from infobesity to infodieting. Google is deemed as an easy and effective way to get information for most college students who are researching information. However, most of the information can be overwhelming and not significant, therefore libraries offer an "appetizing" alternative. Academic libraries are trying to work together and encourage students to use their online databases for searching for information rather than google or just the internet. Some of the information posted on the web can be misleading or even unture, whereas online journal databases offered by academic libraries are reviewed and published, therefore they are much more reliable. Information literacy is a big part of schools right now. Teachers and librarians are pushing hard to get students to realize what they need to be looking for and how to find it. Most students can be lazy and just use information that they find first. Libraries and teachers however think that finding information should be a task and it should not be as easy as just typing it into google. True research takes time and effort to find exactly what you are looking for. Libraries are doing their best to offer students services that will encourage them to use their resources rather than google.
As a college student, I know how easy it is to want to type something in google and use it. However, when I am writing papers or doing extensive research, I go straight to the online databases that the library offers. Most teachers don't even let you use online websites as a source in papers or projects. Some websites can be misleading or untrue and then you have wrong information in your papers. Most of our lives revolve around not having enough energy or time to sift through tons of information to find what we are looking for. However, that is why libraries are working hard to make their resources effective and easy to use.
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