The data access is easy on internet, but while need useful and authentic data for research work, its difficult. Some agency needs to mark star rating for the online available information.
Surf / obtain information from legitimate websites - normally these websites need you to create a user profile & given a password to gain access.
Stay alert / prudent when accessing publicly available information i.e. try to triangulate from other sources to validate the information you first obtained - don't 100% trust all the information you can obtained from Internet freely.
Stay focus on what information you are looking for - don't be distracted by other less important information, links, websites etc. (else you might spend a lot time but not productive).
Try to collect more information until saturation e.g. when searching for some concepts in Google search, don't just stop at first link displayed on screen - instead try to get more info abut this concept from 10 more pages or 100 links etc.
For those information you have searched, downloaded or copy & paste into Word document etc., ensure you spend time to review & decide what is the next step / action to take, else those overwhelmed information might not serve the original purpose.
Surf / obtain information from legitimate websites - normally these websites need you to create a user profile & given a password to gain access.
Stay alert / prudent when accessing publicly available information i.e. try to triangulate from other sources to validate the information you first obtained - don't 100% trust all the information you can obtained from Internet freely.
Stay focus on what information you are looking for - don't be distracted by other less important information, links, websites etc. (else you might spend a lot time but not productive).
Try to collect more information until saturation e.g. when searching for some concepts in Google search, don't just stop at first link displayed on screen - instead try to get more info abut this concept from 10 more pages or 100 links etc.
For those information you have searched, downloaded or copy & paste into Word document etc., ensure you spend time to review & decide what is the next step / action to take, else those overwhelmed information might not serve the original purpose.
The Internet represents a quantum leap in the way we can get academic data and information. For sure, much of the information you find in the web is not reliable. At the moment, I think the the best strategy we should follow is to seek data from sources we previously know as trustworthy.
How to navigate in useful, productive and efficient online? It is the crux of the matter.
Metaphorically speaking, when navigating in the sea without knowing what the environmental conditions that could hinder such navigation, and also without compass and not having a prior plan where drive your ship, what kind of current it can advance and other stop or delay the trip. Also, if traveling without the proper equipment, at least compass, food, clothing, survival tools, etc ...
The result could be catastrophic, lost and reach a deserted island to survive waiting for luck to be saved, or die trying. In the best case, you will reach your destination much later than planned and once exhausted almost all its reserves of survival, not to mention sick and casualties (deaths) of some people who Invitational accompanied him to this adventurous journey of great risk.
Also, returning to the Useful Web Browsing, you must have at least basic computer skills and ability to operate a personal computer, the operating system and make the best browser for fast and friendly Internet browsing.
But being qualified personal microcomputers and know surf the Internet, is not enough user this is not enough to get the information they are looking for; and if the content of this information is true, valid and reliable. In other words, if they are true scientific evidence in the matter that concerns, and if they are updated.
Moreover, once found the best route Internet browsing, pages and relevant databases for documentary research, it is necessary to learn to get all the information and knowledge contained in these digital documents, handle different formats for printing or for archiving data and read in depth,
Reading relevant information found and available for analysis and evaluation, it requires not only that the navigator reader is an expert in their discipline, but who can read scientific texts and all the terminology involved in them and mathematical data management not only simple but appropriate statistical grouped on the subject that researches, analyzes and evaluates. All this is called Critical Reading of Scientific Evidence.
I am a clinician and researcher in medicine and medical education, so as an example of how to find the original sources of information, such as reading them critically and posture researcher and expert in my field, to take advantage of the benefit of the society or users of my professional services (patients, patients), Annex 6 publications that illustrate this process in Clinical Medicine and Scientific Research, both in the training of students, as in the training of teachers and researchers in my field from experience.
Greetings to all
Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Vigil
¿Como navegar en forma útil, productiva y eficaz por Internet? es el meollo de la cuestión.
Metafóricamente hablando, cuando se navega en el mar sin conocer cuales son las condiciones ambientales que podrían entorpecer dicha navegación, y además sin tener brújula y no tener un plan previo de por donde conducir su nave, que tipo de corrientes lo pueden hacer avanzar y que otras detener o retrasar el viaje. Asimismo, si viaja sin el equipo adecuado, al menos brújula, alimento, ropa, herramientas de supervivencia, etc...
El resultado pudiera ser catastrófico, perderse y llegar a una isla desierta a sobrevivir esperando a la suerte de ser salvado, o morir en el intento. En el mejor de los casos, llegará a su destino mucho después de lo planeado y una vez agotada casi toda su reserva de supervivencia, amén de enfermo y con bajas (muertes) de algunas personas que por invitación lo acompañaron a dicho viaje aventurero y de gran riesgo.
Asimismo, regresando a la Navegación Útil por Internet, es necesario tener por lo menos conocimientos elementales de cómputo y capacidad para operar una computadora personal, conocer el sistema operativo y los mejores navegadores para una navegación rápida y amigable por Internet.
Pero ser usuario calificado de micro-computadoras personales y saber navegar en Internet, no es suficiente, esto no basta para obtener la información que está buscando; y si el contenido de esta información es verídica, válida y confiable. En otros términos, si son verdaderas evidencias científicas en la materia que le ocupa, y si están actualizadas.
Aún más, una vez encontrada la mejor ruta de navegación en Internet, las páginas y bases de datos relevantes para su investigación documental, es necesario aprender a obtener toda la información y conocimientos contenidos en dichos documentos digitales, manejar los diferentes formatos para la impresión o para el archivo de los datos y leerlos a profundidad,
La lectura de información relevante encontrada y disponible para su análisis y evaluación, requiere no sólo de que el navegante lector sea experto de su disciplina, sino que sepa leer textos científicos y toda la terminología involucrada en ellos y el manejo matemático de datos no solo los simples, sino los agrupados en estadísticos adecuados al tema que investiga, analiza y evalúa. Todo ello se llama Lectura Crítica de la Evidencia Científica.
Yo soy médico clínico e investigador en medicina y educación médica, por lo que a manera de ejemplo de como encontrar las fuentes originales de información, como leerlas en forma crítica y con postura de investigador y experto de mi campo, para aprovecharla en beneficio de la sociedad, o de usuarios de mis servicios profesionales (pacientes, enfermos), anexo 6 publicaciones que ejemplifican dicho proceso en la Medicina Clínica y en la Investigación Científica, tanto en la formación de alumnos, como en la capacitación de profesores e investigadores en mi campo de experiencia.
Saludos a todos
Dr. José Luis García Vigil
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Internet has become an asset for every human beings & so to say it has become the way of our life . In this regards in past I have submitted my article under the captioned'' Life without Internet '' & if not out of way i submit herewith the same for your kind perusal & also for our valued readers
Dear Rohit I agree with you and this has become the story about intelligent Indian student in Math due to large use of calculator, mobile and internet. Your comments INTERNET has become the mind of the children totally mechanical at the initial stage of their study just complement it.
If you are looking for scientific information then you need to try first in Google Scholar Search. You need to have permutation and combination of keywords related to your research. If you have access to Scopus, Sciencedirect, Web of Science, Springer, Taylor & francis, IEEE, RSC, ACS etc..........then the search becomes very easy. You get authentic information.