When it comes to using encyclopedias the pros of using them is that the topic you are researching thats all you will be reading about. They provide you with a lot of valuable information that is useful and reliable. Also, they are filled with so much information that can be dated many many years back. Though there are cons to using encyclopedias especially the fact that they are so long, and that so much new information is always being found the information in them gets out dated very fast. Wikipedia's pros are that its on the internet you can access it very easily and almost anywhere, it also it updated constantly so the information is up-to-date. The big fall back of using Wikipedia is that anyone can access its information and change it which makes it hard to know if it's reliable.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Encyclopedia vs. Wikipedia
While searching for an encyclopedia article on my topic I was unable to find any results. I went to the Miller Center Library homepage and used the advanced search option. From there I typed my topic homeless people in the first box and encyclopedia in the second box. And there were 0 results found. I just may not have been doing it right but I couldn't locate any print encyclopedias or E-encyclopedias.
Since I was unable to locate any encyclopedias I wasn't able to read any information about my topic.
Posted by Livvie at 1:08 PM
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Hi Olivia,
Thank you for your post on encyclopedias and Wikipedia.
Is it possible that the search using the search "homeless people" and "encyclopedia" could be tweaked so that you could locate encyclopedias on the homeless?
How would you alter the search string so that you can try the search for encyclopedia entries again?
Also, based on what we discussed in class on Tuesday about Wikipedia, and examples of acceptable Wikipedia entries, has your view on Wikipedia and encyclopedias changed?
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum
I guess if I were more specific I could try to find an encyclopedia on my topic. I don't know what else I would do to the search string I used. my views on both Wikipedia and Encyclopedias have changed after class on Tuesday not a whole lot but, I am more open to using Wikipedia now.
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