Monday, January 4, 2010

Reference Materials: Used and Abused in Any Format


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"Grizzly" cuts to the chase and offers the most insightful comment.

I recall that teachers didn’t quite like encyclopedias either when I was in school. Like encyclopedias though Wikipedia provides a high level background to a topic and may point the way to primary sources for further research. Basing a paper on Wikipedia is like basing a paper on an encyclopedia entry, only with the encyclopedia you got (perhaps) a more error-free ride.

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