UMN RESEARCH GETTING THE MOST OUT OF WEB-BASED TURF RESOURCES Dr. Jon Trappe University of Minnesota
I think most would say it has never been easier to find information on a given topic using your favorite search engine. The big question is, can you trust it? The hit or miss accuracy of A.I. generated answers or results have been discussed quite a bit, but it admittedly appears to be getting better. With that said, search engines will always think they know what you want to see and some even great sources can be buried or lost forever. The following are some helpful web54
based resources related to have complete access turf that I think you might through the national find useful. GCSAA membership. If you want to access turfgrass research, trade Turfgrass Information publications like Golfdom, File (TGIF) popular press articles, newsletters, and many It cannot be overstated other recent or historical how valuable TGIF is to writings about turf, TGIF the turfgrass industry. is the very best place to Originally, this was an search. In the process of online library accessible writing this, I got lost a only through a University bit reading Hole Notes library subscription, articles from the 1970’s but is now nearly - it is both humbling entirely free for the and encouraging how public to use. MGCSA superintendents are facing members of course still many of the same issues