>From the article: "Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia and chairman emeritus of its foundation, said of the Middlebury policy, "I don't consider it as a negative thing at all."
He continued: "Basically, they are recommending exactly what we suggested - students shouldn't be citing encyclopedias. I would hope they wouldn't be citing Encyclopaedia Britannica, either." This was almost word-for-word what I was saying to myself as I read the article. Are there colleges where it would be appropriate to reference an encylcopedia in a scholarly paper? They often allow it in high school and in elementary school they'll accept it even if you quote your entire paper almost verbatim from the encyclopedia. But in college, I certainly don't think it is appropriate to cite such a secondary source. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Psychology Department Box 3055 John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart" - Ulysses Everett McGill ________________________________ From: Christopher D. Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 2/21/2007 7:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source - New York Times Inside Higher Ed ran a piece abot this a couple of weeks ago, Here's a more complete NYT account. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?ref=education Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo ====================================== --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
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