Adam Robinson - Information Literacy Assignment

1. Database Article
a. Self driving cars, autonomous vehicles
b. CCBC Library Database
c. This is the only scholarly database that I'm aware of that I have access
to that is credible enough for this assignment.
d. Cohen, Roy Alan. "Self Driving Technology and Autonomous
Vehicles." Defense Counsel Journal July (2015): 328-34. CCBC Library
Database. Web. 14 Feb. 2016.
e. Waldrop, M. Mitchell. "No Drivers Required." Nature 518 (2015): 20-24.
Print.

2. Internet Article
a. Google's self-driving car project is on a hiring spree.
b. Google X, under its parent company, Alphabet, have listed 36 job
openings for its self-driving car project. These highly sought-after
positions include a variety of roles such as automotive reliability and
safety engineers, policy and marketing analysts, and real estate and
workplace service positions. These new openings suggest that the
company is expanding the program into more areas of the country and
expanding its research and development capability into autonomous
and driverless vehicle technology.
c. Joseph, Noah. "Google's Self-driving Car Project Is on a Hiring Spree."
Autoblog. AOL, 14 Feb. 2016. Web. 14 Feb. 2016.
3. Additional internet article
a. self driving car, autonomous vehicle
b. Howley, Daniel. "Self-Driving Cars Are Coming Soon to a Highway Near
You." Yahoo. Yahoo, 12 Feb. 2016. Web. 14 Feb. 2016.
c. Google: 56.1M results in 0.48 seconds. Bing: 13.1M results in unknown
amount of time.
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d.
Time to search
Undisclosed
0.48 seconds

Bing
Google

Number of Results
13,100,000
56,100,000

4. TRAAP
a. Written February 14, 2016, article is recently published, not updated.
b. Yes, is relevant to my topic of self driving cars.
c. Noah Joseph is the dedicated blogger for up and coming automotive
technologies for autoblog.com
d. Information in article comes straight from Google , via Reuters.
e. Article was written to inform readers that Google's self driving car
project is ramping up, evidenced by 36 new job openings.
5. Internet and journal article comparison.
a. Ease of Access
i. Ease of access of a college library database for someone who
isn't a college student can be difficult. Comparing that to the
internet article, it can be found and accessed by anyone with an
internet connection.
b. Timeliness
i. The internet article was more timely in the sense that it
contained information that was published within 12 hours of the
article being written, where as the database article contained
information that wasn't as recent as the information found in the
internet article.
c. Authority
i. The Database article has more authority than the internet article
because it was written by a trial lawyer with 35 years of
experience. Compared to the internet article, it was written by
someone who is only experienced with automotive news.