Much has been said and written about the Google phenomenon. I have actually heard on the radio and read in books the following statement which I am paraphrasing "Years ago when we needed information, we had to go to the library. Now all we have to do is search Google." Librarians have tried to steer students away from search engines to the bibliographic databases to find peer reviewed articles. We also teach students how to evaluate web sites.Perhaps librarians in their information literacy classes give examples where students can find reputable information using Google. There is an old saying 'if you can't beat them, join them." Examples can be given where false information is found using Google. Another exercise may ask students to compare results using Google and a bibliographic database.
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