Student paper Wikipedia article

I was interviewed, along with a freshman and a professor, for an article about Wikipedia in the student paper, Student Life. We all cautioned against citing the articles in academic work. I'm pretty sure I said that one should cite scholarly sources, not primary ones--oh, well. I also wish I had managed to highlight the many great alternatives we have for obtaining background information--including the online Encyclopedia Britannica and our print reference section, including an amazing selection of subject encyclopedias. I might have even mentioned one of my favorite methods for getting an overview of a topic: children's books--we can get them through Mobius (our state-wide consortium) or students can utilize one of the local public libraries.

Labels: outreach, wikis

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