"While research into how young people become competent in using the Web is patchy,
the study did find some consistent themes. For one, information literacy has not improved with the
widening access to technology. Instead, the speed of Web searching means little time is spent
evaluating information for relevance, accuracy, or authority. Young people also have difficulty in
developing an effective search strategy. As a result, they have a strong preference for using natural
language in searching, rather than analyzing which keywords might be more effective. When searching
brings back a long list of results, young people have difficulty assessing the relevance of the materials,
and often print out pages with no more than a glance at them. "

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