Web 2.0 Tool Smackdown

The tool I've selected is Bibme. It's an automated citation generator that supports MLA, APA, and Chicago formatting. Although the primary focus of the Bibme is a citation, it does offer other features to users, such as Plagiarism Checker, Smart proofreader, and finally a title page. One of the best things about this device is that it keeps improving itself.  The business running this website, called Chegg, which also owns other websites, has kept up to date to ensure that they can improve user experience. One way they have done this is through the various features that make them distinct relative to other citation websites.

Chegg Inc., the owner of Bibme, is an American educational technology company based in Santa Clara, California. The company's main purpose is to provide students with resources such as homework, online tutoring, and test preparation.  Other sectors the company is now focused on helping students with scholarship searches, internship matching, and even counseling students on their college application. Cheggs believes and focuses on high school and college students in the U.S. and tries to help them make their lives easier in any way they can. That's why I noticed that what Chegg believes is true. When I took higher-level classes, especially in math education, I usually try to look for better and simpler examples that I can understand and Chegg is great at doing that, some of their tools tend to give you discreet details on how to solve a particular problem.  Colleges were expected to spend an average of $667 on their textbooks in 2009.  However, because of inflation, textbooks are rising at a faster pace. Chegg's creator had also observed an online renting trend that had been popular, such as Netflix. Which inspired the founders Rashid and Phumbhia to start this busniess online book of rentals.

Bibme began in January 2007 as a student project in the Information Systems Department of Carnegie Mellon University. After a long period of research and development, bibme.org went live in May 2017. Since this website is so easy to get a citation, more attractions have begun to appear. It even caught the attention of students and teachers who found it useful in classrooms. The students who worked on this project continued to improve and update the software during their final school year. Upon graduation, Bibme started to upgrade to make it a more detailed source for all citation services. Finally, they merged with Chegg Service to give users a better experience and increase their business.

This device has so many strengths that anyone can find it useful in any kind of way. This tool is not just limited to students or educators: rather, anyone who writes a paper or just needs a quick citation for any kind of format, this tool is very useful for that user. Since we're going to school right now, one thing we always tend to do is write that might involve essays, blogs, or something else. It is, therefore, necessary for us not to plagiarize. You might ask why?  That's because plagiarism describes the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. Plagiarism is actually considered to be journalistic dishonesty and a violation of journalism ethics. It's very wrong, and it could get a person in loads of trouble. Information can easily be stolen in today's society, which is why it is important to cite any information we use when writing a paper.  The same happens when writing a paper in a professional environment. It is even worse if the business, publisher or writer discovers out their information has been copied to another person's work. This could lead to a person being charged, or even jail time. That's why it's important to use resources like Bibme.

Personally, I used this tool a lot when I write essays. This tool has been very handy for me every semester. One of the things I like about this tool is that it not only offers APA, MLA, or Chicago format, but there are more options available. In addition, this website can make a citation based on Journal Website, Book, Video or more.  Once you have given the article or website details, before finalizing the citation, you even have the option of editing the citation. This is the perfect tool that is user-friendly and gives users so many choices. Developers don't see this tool as just a citation builder website, but they see it as a building block to make it easier to finish the essays. One way I think they have already accomplished that is by providing a plagiarism checker: they have given two features: My Papers' are smart proofreader application that checks for unintentional plagiarism and gives instant grammar and style suggestions; the second feature, which is called a plagiarism checker, checks the user's paper against billions of sources using technology similar to Turnitin.



As you can see, this tool is very handy and provides so many choices that can be useful when writing a paper. This is a device that will only improve as it will always be in demand, and the future will reveal how innovation can be improved by a tool that has already thought about everything.










Reference

"Chegg." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Oct. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chegg.

"Generate Modern Language Association 8th Edition Journal Article Citations for Your
Bibliography," BibMe, http://www.bibme.org/mla/journal-citation.