No Citations from wikipedia

The history department of Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. has taken measures to stop citations from Wikipedia for student research papers. Yeah, that's in fact the correct thing to do. For research, we should always go to the primary source, and if that's not possible, a well-researched secondary source related to the primary source.

Wikipedia is so useful that students ended up citing it in their papers. However, when there was misinformation on Wikipedia, the students were unaware, and their papers contained errors. The teachers made the correct move by saying, "Cite Wikipedia at your own peril."

yes, citing Encyclopædia Britannica The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general-knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2016, it has been published exclusively as an online encyclopaedia. is also not allowed (as per their policy). But things with wikipedia hit when number of students cited the same wrong information.

Senthil

the same should hold for citations from Brittanica Encyclopaedia then.

bluesmoon