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2nd Place

Science, Engineering & Mathematics, 2026

Librarian Ruth Gustafson offered tips to ensure that the Web of Science’s selection criteria worked in my favor. Afterwards, the pool of potential resources tripled to include physical copies, research papers and review articles.”

— Camila Cancino

Cuban Dogfish Wikifish

Final class project for Biology & Conservation of Fishes (WFC 120)

Project Description

For her final class project, Cancino turned a sparse, inaccurate Wikipedia page on the poorly documented Cuban Dogfish (Squalus cubensis) into a comprehensive, verifiable source. Initial searches for information about the species proved tedious and delivered untraceable claims. With guidance from librarian Ruth Gustafson, Cancino refined her search strategy and used the Web of Science database to find more than two dozen credible research papers and peer-reviewed articles that she vetted and referenced to build out the Cuban Dogfish Wikipedia page.

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