# Web Search and Evaluation

## Engaging of the Readings
Will truth really ... "out"? With so much information readily available through various online platforms, is it really possible to get the whole truth, and nothing but the truh? Joyce Valenza recognizes the current oversaturated media environment and how the quest for truth becomes increasingly more difficult in her "news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world". Humans have historically placed their trust in their sight, outweighing all of their other senses. However, simply seeing an article no longer qualifies as reading the truth. Valenza and the Berkely Library encourages readers to seek out more than just the first search result to find accurate and veritable resources.

Some important questions to ask yourself as you are searching for information are:
- Did this result merely satisfy you? -- Use more energy to ensure you do not fall victim to your own confirmation bias.

- Does this result has reputable sources? -- Our emphasis on sight should recognize and appreciate the credibilty of these cited references and therefore, see more truth in their writing.

At what point do we stop relying on our sight? In a post-truth world, should we go out and attempt to get our information without the information available through the internet? Or, as Valenza and Berkely Library wrote, is it best to become adept at filters and evaulating resources?

I believe the best option may be just a bit of both. With so much of the internet tracking your every move, it is important to distrust your results a little bit. Try to find information elsewhere, but also remember to distrust that a little bit as well.

Trying to find truth is difficult, but it must be done in our post-truth world.

## Web Searches
- "Northeastern University" on Wikipedia: 11,800 results
- Skate fish without "ice rink": 2,910,000 results
- "Northeastern Huskies" with this filter
- Penguin pair with creative commons usage right 
- uestionable resource: https://helpfulprofessor.com/bad-sources/
- I thought it would be ironic if I google this and analyzed it.
- Who wrote it? - Chris D. It says he has a PHD, but does he?
- Did they cite their sources? - No, he did not.
- Am I falling within my own confirmation bias by searching this? Probably.
- Reagles Wikipedia
- It may not be considered reliable within Wikipedia's verifiability policy as their references are all things you have written. Can it really be reliable if the information about the person ... is directly from the person? I would suggest for them to find other sources abohut you to corroborate the information.
- It was first created on August 1st, 2011.