An article the New York Times, Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea (must register to view), discusses how students who are tech savy still don't have the information literacy skills to evaluate good web sites from junk.

According to the article, 87% of search engine users believe they are able to find what they are looking for all or most the time. A 2002 study indicated that people tend to judge a site credible based on its appearance, not by checking the credentials of who authored or is responsible for the site.

If you are a librarian, this is scary. If you are a medical librarian this information is even scarier. I want to cry or spontaneously combust (depending on my mood that day) when I hear of doctors who don't feel like using Medline and would rather Google it. You would think doctors would be a little more discerning as to what sites they trust. You would think...