Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Thursday, June 17, 2010
More Online Writing Help, Including MLA Style
Go to the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) for tons of resources!
Friday, May 28, 2010
FAQ #2: "Why can't we cite Wikipedia?"
Because I said so.
(Just kidding.)
You can't cite Wikipedia as a source in a research paper because too many Wikipedia pages are untrustworthy. For example, I have recently come across pages that contain information that is plagiarized. For another example, how about a page containing information that's just plain wrong?
That being said, if you are totally ignorant on a topic, it's OK to look at a Wikipedia page, especially its links to more reliable resources (if you google, you're going to get Wikipedia as a top result anyway).
(Just kidding.)
You can't cite Wikipedia as a source in a research paper because too many Wikipedia pages are untrustworthy. For example, I have recently come across pages that contain information that is plagiarized. For another example, how about a page containing information that's just plain wrong?
That being said, if you are totally ignorant on a topic, it's OK to look at a Wikipedia page, especially its links to more reliable resources (if you google, you're going to get Wikipedia as a top result anyway).
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