http://rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/08/08/how-to-research/ Living and learning in multiple dimensions Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:29:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://rebeccathomasdesigns.com/2007/08/08/how-to-research/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 Dustin Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:02:29 +0000 http://rebeccathomasdesigns.com/?p=1136#comment-3245 Thanks for the kind words about my post at Lifehack! I wanted to say, I agree with you about Wikipedia as a primary research source -- which I don't advocate. Instead, I suggest Wikipedia as a place to start learning about a topic, suggest avenues of research, and find appropriate sources for real research. What I tell my students (and what I think I've written elsewhere at Lifehack) is "Start, don't finish, with Wikipedia" -- meaning by the time you set down to write your paper, your understanding of your topic should be well beyond what Wikipedia can offer. At the college level (and beyond) *any* encyclopedia makes a terrible source for a bibliography. Thanks for the kind words about my post at Lifehack! I wanted to say, I agree with you about Wikipedia as a primary research source — which I don’t advocate. Instead, I suggest Wikipedia as a place to start learning about a topic, suggest avenues of research, and find appropriate sources for real research. What I tell my students (and what I think I’ve written elsewhere at Lifehack) is “Start, don’t finish, with Wikipedia” — meaning by the time you set down to write your paper, your understanding of your topic should be well beyond what Wikipedia can offer. At the college level (and beyond) *any* encyclopedia makes a terrible source for a bibliography.

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