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Jazmyn Johnson
10/1/14
Assignment 1: Information Literacy
My article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/09/21/iphone-6-opening-weekend-
sales/15994503/
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released on September 19
th
following the
announcement of Apples new product on the 9
th
. The article explains the record number of pre-
order sales and the vast majority of interested in Apples new product. The phone comes in two
sizes, a 4.7 Inch Retina-HD display and also a 5.5 Inch Retina-HD display. The 4.7 inch starts at
$199 with a two year contract and the 5.5 inch starts at $299 with a two year contract. The cell
phone providers include T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. The phones also come in
different memory sizes, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. During the first weekend of release, the
company is believed to have sold a record of 10 million units already (including the pre-orders).

Additional article #1 w/GOOGLE: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/iphone-635738-apple-
line.html
Additional article #2 w/YAHOO: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2686302/review-first-
impressions-of-the-new-iphone-6.html

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Google has a category that allows you to use your search for News; I found this a lot
easier and I also have found it to be more general as well. All I have to search on Google is
iPhone 6

On the Yahoo search engine, I feel as if you have to be more specific. I also believe it
does not provide enough resources or enough results as its major competitor, Google. On Yahoo,
I had to search iPhone 6 article for better results.
I will use the #2 article to TRAAP my sources.
1. Time 12:37PM PT on September 20
st
, 2014. It has not been updated.
2. Relevance - Yes it is relevant to my article.
3. Authority Michael deAgonia He is qualified because it works for computer world and is a
technology geek who has been working on computers since 1993 with an emphasis on Mac, iOS
and OS X.
4. Accurate The information is very similar to hundreds of other trustworthy articles on the
web so I do trust the information because you cannot make a true statement false.
5. Purpose The article was written to inform the public of new product releases, information
about the product, and key note facts the public should know. The article is objective in my view.
Keywords used to find scholarly journal articles
IPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6
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The database I used was Academic Search Premier. The two articles I found are as follows:
Article 1: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=cf0e46ce-
98db-4da4-994c-
1bbb80bf3f7f%40sessionmgr110&vid=0&hid=125&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY2
9wZT1zaXRl#db=aph&AN=98311326
Article 2: http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ccbcmd.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=4e60a552-
e21f-493e-97f4-
82963dfbddf9%40sessionmgr114&vid=0&hid=125&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY2
9wZT1zaXRl#db=aph&AN=98311267
I used this database because it found exactly what I needed. The choice was trail and
error and it worked out. The articles are trustworthy and provide a good amount of information
that is relevant to my articles found using the search engines. The ease of access was very hard
for the scholarly journals and was very easy and convenient to use the search engines. The
timeliness goes to the scholarly journal because they are very organized, giving you information
about each article at the top before even beginning to read it. The authority will also go to the
journals because they are all written by professionals who have emphasis on the topic of their
choosing.




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Work Cited:
1. Blair, Nancy. "Millions Snap up IPhone 6 on Opening Weekend." USA Today. Gannett,
21 Sept. 2014. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.
2. "The Wait Is Over, Sort Of: The IPhone 6 Calls to Fans." The Orange County
Register. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.
3. "Review: First Impressions of the New IPhone 6." Computerworld. N.p., n.d. Web.
1 Oct. 2014.
4. Frizell, Same. Youll Have to Wait Till October to Get an Iphone 6 plus Time.Com(2014):
1.Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.
5. Peckham, Matt. Apple: Iphone 6, Iphone 6 Plus Preorders Broke Records,Time.Com (2014):
1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Oct. 2014.