Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
Wikipedia is not really a good source. If a college student quotes
Wikipedia, they lose points. Wikipedia can be edited or information
added by anyone. The website started as a copy of a 1910s?
encyclopedia that was put online. The owner of the site, decided to
let anyone update the information.
Wikipedia can actually be a fabulous source--but it can also be a
terrible one. You need to go into using Wikipedia knowing what it is
and is not, and then proceed accordingly, using your critical eye.
I was taught all through my school years to get at least 3 sources for
my research. Never rely on just one book, person, or website for your
data. I don't know if they still teach that or not, but I see a lot of
people who pick out one tenative source of information for something,
like costume research, and then ignore better or more obvious sources
for the same information.
Dawn
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