I think it's kind of like dog training. Some of us can get Google to do tricks and some of us not so much. My current favorite research assistant is Microsoft Copilot located in the upper right-hand corner of Edge. Sometimes you have to ask a question several different ways to get what you're looking for. When I was doing a research proj…
I think it's kind of like dog training. Some of us can get Google to do tricks and some of us not so much. My current favorite research assistant is Microsoft Copilot located in the upper right-hand corner of Edge. Sometimes you have to ask a question several different ways to get what you're looking for. When I was doing a research project on the early 20th century, I used newspaper.com very frequently.
I fell for newspapers.com when I started researching life in 1949 US for a story I was thinking of. I couldn't believe what I kept finding. There are gaps, but for a slice of life on food prices, house prices, ads, heck, almost anything, it's heaven. Also pinterest has tons of info as well. As for google, I can honestly say I've never been disappointed. Sometimes, okay a lot of times, the sheer volume of info out there leads me to research overload. :-) And I have to consciously tell my brain to stop already!
I think it's kind of like dog training. Some of us can get Google to do tricks and some of us not so much. My current favorite research assistant is Microsoft Copilot located in the upper right-hand corner of Edge. Sometimes you have to ask a question several different ways to get what you're looking for. When I was doing a research project on the early 20th century, I used newspaper.com very frequently.
I fell for newspapers.com when I started researching life in 1949 US for a story I was thinking of. I couldn't believe what I kept finding. There are gaps, but for a slice of life on food prices, house prices, ads, heck, almost anything, it's heaven. Also pinterest has tons of info as well. As for google, I can honestly say I've never been disappointed. Sometimes, okay a lot of times, the sheer volume of info out there leads me to research overload. :-) And I have to consciously tell my brain to stop already!