Social media has helped me significantly during the pandemic. First, it assisted in locating those in need, especially during isolation, quarantine, and lockdowns. Most people could not access shopping centers to purchase supplies. Such individuals could air their grievances on social media, asking for help. Also, it facilitated the coordination in the distribution of medical supplies. Many COVID19 patients and patients suffering from terminal illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and others could not get well their medical supplies (Li & Liu, 2020). This implies that surveys through social media could help map out such vulnerable cases. In so doing, I believe social does an important job in saving people’s lives.
Google Scholar is an application that provides scholars and others interested in academia with literature and other related materials. It offers scholarly materials and literature and also full text or metadata used during research. It is, therefore, a one-stop-shop for everything regarding scholarly literature, specifically books.
The application appeals to me because of its convenience while searching for literature. The literature it contains is on all topics of human interest. It also offers online academic journal articles, books, case studies, theses and dissertations, abstracts, technical reports, court opinions, patents, and others. The site’s friendliness makes it easy for me to use. It also has a lot of documents, totaling 389 million documents.
The benefits I get from it in nursing are its research engine being much diversified thus can be customized for each specific topic. The app is not only focused non one topic but on every field. Google Scholar makes it easy for a student, researcher, or anyone interested in such a literature database on any topic.
Reference
Li, X., & Liu, Q. (2020). Social media use, ehealth literacy, disease knowledge, and preventive behaviors in the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study on Chinese netizens. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10) 112-128.