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# Web Search & Evaluation


## Google Search
Learn to refine your Google search and use Google’s Advanced Search page.
What would you query to see how many pages on the English Wikipedia site mention “Northeastern University”? How many results did you get?

[Northeastern University](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Northeastern+University%22+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&lr=&safe=active&as_qdr=all&sxsrf=AOaemvL2i3q7hEFb1mkpL_9Iq5fIx6G2dg%3A1632493769183&ei=yeBNYeKpCpSs5NoPzrEC&oq=%22Northeastern+University%22+site%3Aen.wikipedia.org&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsANKBQg8EgEySgQIQRgAUMMSWJ8WYL0XaAJwAngAgAFFiAG0AZIBATOYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiistaZ6ZfzAhUUFlkFHc6YAAAQ4dUDCA4&uact=5)

* I searched "Northeastern University" and set the domain to en.wikipedia.org and I got 5,040 results

What would you query to see web pages about the [skate fish](https://www.google.com/search?as_q=skate+fish&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=ice+rink&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=active&as_filetype=&tbs=) but no pages about an “ice rink”?



* I searched for skate fish with no mentions of ice or rink

What would you query to see web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from the first day of 2001 through the last day of 2002?

[Huskies](https://www.google.com/search?q=northeastern+huskies&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS865US865&sxsrf=AOaemvKgBrArQ41wqrz47HQ7ZaxOchAF6Q%3A1632346755621&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A2001%2Ccd_max%3A2002&tbm=)
* I searched Northeastern Huskies and set the time from Jan 1 2001 to Dec 31 2002


Find me the top image of a pair of penguins with a “Creative Commons” license, sometimes referred to as “labeled for reuse with modification.”

[Penguins](https://www.google.com/search?q=pair%20of%20penguins&tbm=isch&safe=active&tbs=il:cl&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ1vwEahcKEwiYjpbMpZXzAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&biw=1440&bih=713#imgrc=wFqMuKrSPkLZcM)

![](https://i.imgur.com/rKdh5BF.jpg)

## Web credibility
Find a web page of questionable credibility and apply some of the criteria discussed by Valenza and Berkley Library.

NaturalNews is an antivax, anti-GMO, conservative alternative medicine site that has sensationalist articles that can mislead uninitiated readers. I chose an article titled “FDA vaccine “approval” leads blue states to order the mass slaughter of teachers, workers and first responders” published on August 24, 2021 to gauge its credibility. What initially stood out to me was that the site owner Mike Adams was the author of most articles on the site.  The article also has a sensationalized and false title, which is solely meant to attract readers and therefore diminishes its credibility. The article though loosely based on facts utilizes sensationalist headlines and touts the source which it claims is directly from the CDC which links to another article by the author which misrepresent the CDC document.[](https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-08-24-fda-vaccine-approval-leads-blue-states-to-order-the-mass-slaughter-of-workers.html)

## Wikipedia evaluation
A version of the “Joseph Reagle” Wikipedia article stated (a) I worked at the World Wide Web Consortium and (b) my book Good Faith Collaboration was “bestselling.” How does these claims relate to the policy of Wikipedia: Verifiability? Would you suggest any changes to the page?

* Statement A cannot be verified according to Wikipedia’s policy on verifiability. Though it does include an inline citation from the World Wide Web Consortium, the citation source however is an archive of the original source.

* Statement B is also not verifiable, it doesn’t include any inline citation or source to verify its claim.

According to its history, when was this article first created?

* The article was first created on August 1, 2011
[Oldest Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_M._Reagle_Jr.&oldid=442576995)

