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¶ … difficult for today's college students to imagine, but a generation ago, writing an undergraduate research paper involved at least one prolonged visit to a bricks-and-mortar library. The student would consult the printed tome titled Guide to Periodicals and follow up with a search of periodical backfiles. It was often a tedious and time-consuming way to work, and it could be frustrating if the journals needed were not part of the library's collection. Fast forward to 2011, when students enjoy not only the use of online library resources but online institutions of learning as well. This generation of college students is computer-savvy, important to a population that is often busy juggling obligations at school, home and the workplace. It is important to find reliable information fast so that assignments can be completed in a timely manner and allowing students to work anytime and anywhere. Wikipedia is a resource that...

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As Chandler and Gregory (2010, p. 247) point out, there is continual updating of the information. They agree that "[w]hile it certainly should not be the one and only source for undergraduate research, Wikipedia may have appropriate uses in the college classroom." Wikipedia is based on "tried-and-true" resources and goes through an editing and revising process just as any academic writing does, albeit with an all-volunteer staff. College faculty worry that students will accept Wikipedia's offerings wholesale and without question, but as Chandler and Gregory further point out (p. 249), if the goal of education is to teach critical thinking, why not include Wikipedia on the list of approved resources and let…

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Chandler, C.J., & Gregory, A.S. (2010). Sleeping with the enemy: Wikipedia in the college classroom. History Teacher 43(2), pp. 247-257.
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