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Internet Research: What's Credible?

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On the Internet, it’s incredibly easy to research a topic with a few simple keystrokes. But it’s also incredibly easy to end up with unreliable and non-credible information that makes research efforts fruitless. With an overwhelming abundance of options after doing an Internet search, how can one tell which results are reliable? Viewers learn strategies for narrowing down results and honing in on credible sources of information online. A special section on one of today’s most popular research sites, Wikipedia, investigates whether it’s trustworthy or not for academic or professional use.

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