Assignment 1: Information Literacy

Lauren Killmond

1.

Key Words: Emerging Technology, America, Development

Database Used: Business Source Premier
This data base seemed very accurate and effective. It also seemed
organized and designed well.

2.

The article that I found when searching the internet and using the same
topic Emerging Technology was called AT&T, Samsung announce
partnership in connected car Drive project. AT&T announced the
availability of five new applications for the firms connected car platform,
AT&T Drive. The new apps range from remote diagnosis to audiobook
streaming and live radio. AT&T research center focuses on connected car
tenchology which is starting to quickly become a new avenue for
technology companies ranging from app developers to designers.

Keywords: Emerging Technology, Devices, Popular

Two search engines I used: Google and Yahoo

3.

Google
Able to search for books
Fast
Pop-up ads
Helps users world wide

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Yahoo
Not able to search for books
Slow
Lots of pop-up ads
Helps users world wide

Assignment 1: Information Literacy

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In my opinion Google is a better search engine because it is faster, less
pop-up ads and it always provided relevant results. Each search engine
showed more than 25 different articles but google seemed to show more
local and effective results.
4.

Time- Article was written January 6th 2015 and updated today at 10:11 today.
Relevance- Yes the article is related to Emerging Technology. The article is
about AT&T partnering in connected car drive in 2015.
Authority- Author is Charlie Osborne. Yes Charlie is qualified to write on this
topic, in her biography at the end of the article states she has experience and
is involved in the running of businesses ranging from media and events to
B2B sales.
Accurate- Yes this information is very accurate it was found on a reliable site
(CNN technology). All of the information in the article has been supported by
evidence and has been tested multiple times from two different services
(AT&T, Samsung) to be very accurate
Purpose- The purpose of this article was to sell, inform and persuade the
audience.

5.

There were a few differences in the internet and journal articles. The internet
articles that I found during my search were mostly magazine articles whereas
the journal articles I searched for were scholarly articles. Both the internet
and journal articles had current and non-current articles.

MLA Format
Junglas, Iris, and Jeanne Harris. "Th Promise of Consumer Technologies in
Emerging Markets." Communication of the ACM 56.5 (May 2015): n. pag.
Business Source Premier. Web. 07 Jan. 2015.

6.

Musunuri, Drgamohanu. "Appropriate Technology and Economic

Development of Emerging Economies- A Myth or a Reality." Journal of
Technology Management for Growing Economies 5.1 (April 2014): 51-62.
Business Source Premier. Web. 07 Jan. 2015.
Osbourne, Charlie. "AT&T,Samsung Announce Partnership in Connected Car
Drive Project." ZDNet. AT&T, 6 Jan. 2015. Web. 7 Jan. 2015.
Palmer, Shelly. "The Tech Trends That Will Change the World." CNN. Shelly
Palmer, Jan. 2015. Web. 7 Jan. 2015.

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