10 million articles and 25 other choices
April 2, 2008
iLibrarian reports that Wikipedia has reached over ten million articles.
Here is a second-hand link. The Librarian in Black gives a link for online resources that are not Wikipedia that is worth taking a look at.
Both of these links were brought to you courtesy of Jim DelRosso, fellow Syracuse University distance learning library student, Ithacan and gamer, via my handy-dandy Google Reader. The Google Reader deserves its own post and will get one tomorrow.
April 3, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I liked the article and I saved it for all of the information that Jessica provided, she gave some great resource sites that are credible.
What I am wondering is why can Wikipedia get a way with having inaccurate citations and information on it’s site??? and who found out that Wikipedia was not reliable?
April 3, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Thank you so much for the link to the article with research sites. Like Allison, I saved the article for future use!
I haven’t had a chance to look through all of the research sites yet, but I still wonder if we should consider Wikipedia a good starting point for general info. and a helpful source for pop culture lists.
At this point, would you allow students to use it in your library?
April 3, 2008 at 6:04 pm
At this point, could you stop students from using in your library?
If nothing else, wikipedia is a good lesson in not trusting any -one- information source.
April 3, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Allison,
Wikipedia is a community effort, for good and/or for ill. The internet doesn’t allow it to exist; it just does.
April 4, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I didn’t realize so many articles are available on Wikipedia although I often start there so it shouldn’t realize surprise me.
The link providing other resources is great. I have bookmarked it for future use. I have used several of the sites recommended but it is always handy to have them in one place for future reference. Thanks.