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This article talks about a number of the factors that have started controversy in the library world. It considers the challenges that face library websites and the impact of Google Scholar on informational literacy. It discusses how many students are driven away from the libraries because of internet resources, hence making them less literate. The authors then go on to discuss whether Google Scholar can or should be ignored by researchers. It discusses both how Google Scholar both prohibits and encourages information literacy in college students. This article discusses both sides of the argument on Google Scholar and literacy, while presenting solid facts.

This article discusses the internet habits of college students during the early twenty first century. It discusses how often college student use the internet and internet search engines such as Google on an almost daily basis. It also suggests that different backgrounds and racial groups have different access to the internet. Of the individuals that use the internet it describes what websites they use the most including Yahoo and Google, Library websites, news websites, and online encyclopedias. This article gives an accurate description of how many college students use the internet and what they use it for; however, it does not describe how reliable these websites are.

These authors examine the trust students have with both library search websites and other search engines such as Google. They discuss the attempt of colleges and universities to push students away from Google to Google Scholar. The authors then go on to explain how Google Scholar works and what one can accomplish from the main search page. The article explains how one can find the title of the book, book reviews, and a place to retrieve the book. It gives a number of examples of different searches that were conducted making it easier to see how to operate Google Scholar and its benefits. This article describes the reliance of students on Google and states that the only way to wean this Google reliance is Google Scholar.