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My parrot in an Amazon parrot.

Google Scholar Article Evaluation

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Yes, I do believe that it is all relevant. I did see a [citation needed] and what I found to be a few minor grammatical errors.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? I do not believe it is neutral. There is the frame that is specifically titled "Limitations and criticism" that of course points out all of the cons of the subject, though it is efficient and does its purpose well.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? I would say that overall there it just a tad bit heavier on the negatives, though they appear to factual and represent information needed to accurately understand the subject and it’s uses and limitations.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? I checked CiteSeerX and the link worked properly and does support the claims in the article. I then clicked the getCITED link and it was a page that has been removed or moved since. The link did appear for this one in red. Finally I checked the link for “List of academic databases and search engines” and found it a list as described in the article with additional listed information on each.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? There are 44 references. They range dramatically as the few I listed above as well as scholarly journals to interviews with those that “built” Google Scholar. I did find this reference did not work https://www.google.com/librariancenter/articles/0612_01.html

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? I would wonder about new data since 2014 as that is the last date in the article on Google Scholar. SUrely there have been changes since 2014.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? There is someone that disagrees with the value of Google Scholar and is try to get a German article into the page, and after review it is noted it has some pertinent points, but is highly biased against Google Scholar. Another is talking about merging and what they oppose and support. Another is modifying links.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This article is directly related to this class and introduces Google Scholar to students and gives both the pros and cons to use it. It also links some other great engines for research. It does show that it is of interest to several WikiProjects in the talk page.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? I see that two of the conversation do have any responses first and foremost. I also note that they are much more complex in nature versus more of a casual conversation with suggestions to edit and contribute. One is very structured with multiple formats within his comment.

"My Favorite Artist"

I have chosen my favorite artist to be the birds of the world. I find their seemingly infinite amounts of varying sounds and songs to bring me great pleasure and they have inspired many great artists through history to now. Here is the book I found which appears to be a great comprehensive book on birds songs

Catchpole, Clive, P J. B. Slater, and Nigel Mann. Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Internet resource.