Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Wikipedia

Searching through Wikipedia was not a information as searching the Gale Virtual Reference Library.  When I searched the term censorship it brought me directly to a like titled Censorship.  It did give me like 2 or 3 other areas in Wiki to search to obtain additional information on censorship, but nothing as detailed as the Gale site. 

Here are the keywords that Wikipedia came up with in regards to my subject of censorship: political, religion, education, books, film, music, map, and internet. 

There was also a tool in the toolbox section of Wikipedia that helped me cite the page, however it did state that Wikipedia is not responsible for incorrect information being stated on their pages.  In my past when writing a paper or doing any type of classroom research, professors have asked students to avoid using Wikipedia as a source, but use it as a tool when researching a topic to write about.  Sort of a first line of information.

Here was the citation from Wikipedia:

"Censorship." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia, 22 Apr. 2012. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.

Thanks,
Megan Fletcher

1 comment:

  1. Hi, Megan:

    I agree. Using Wikipedia for "presearch" to get started on a topic is okay. And the references can sometimes be useful but do need to be evaluated much more then GVRL references.

    Cheers,
    Andrea

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