Too much information

After reading Dr. Jenson's article, I find myself disagreeing with her concerning myself, but agreeing with her concerning many of my peers. I have done plenty of research, and used research databases since I was a Freshman in high school. In high school we were forced to go to the library and use Ebscohost. Now while the quality of research paper I wrote in high school was pathetic compared to the standards of a university research paper, I knew how to use research databases. Secondly, when I got to college I was forced by a TCOM professor, named Jim Needham, to find several Broadcast Publications and use in quote citations in preparation for the research classes that were down the road. With my background I often find myself finding too much information on the subject that I am researching, and occasionally I will begin to read one article that is relevant to what I am researching, but has a different view, which completely throws me off track.

However I can easily see that other students, who were not forced to do these painful exercises that I was forced to do, have problems finding information. The research databases are tricky to use, and the articles are dry. Not only that, but with many of the databases you have to have some sort of subscription or go through your library's subscription, so you can't just go directly to the point of interest. Students aren't used to that these days, they're used to being able to see something they want when they want to see it, but with research it doesn't work that way.