http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/12/wicked-wikipedia/ A personal magazine of stories, reference, and works in progress Sun, 01 May 2011 21:02:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://vincentmccaffrey.com/2009/01/12/wicked-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Pamela Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:59:21 +0000 http://vincentmccaffrey.com/?p=190#comment-8 College students often ask whether they can use Wikipedia as a resource when writing papers. What I (and 99% of my colleagues) tell them is that they can use it as a starting point, as a way to get their feet wet in finding out about a topic (e.g., "What was the Sepoy Mutiny?), but I know of no instructors at the college level who accept it as a scholarly resource. Students may certainly use and cite Wikipedia entries in their papers but must also use journal articles, published books, authoritative web sites, etc. to try to get in-depth and "balanced" information on a topic. College students often ask whether they can use Wikipedia as a resource when writing papers. What I (and 99% of my colleagues) tell them is that they can use it as a starting point, as a way to get their feet wet in finding out about a topic (e.g., “What was the Sepoy Mutiny?), but I know of no instructors at the college level who accept it as a scholarly resource. Students may certainly use and cite Wikipedia entries in their papers but must also use journal articles, published books, authoritative web sites, etc. to try to get in-depth and “balanced” information on a topic.

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