I discovered that there are a lot more things you can reference these days in academia. Even posts from blogs, which I found a bit amusing. Back when I was an undergraduate at University, books and journal articles were pretty much it for reference sources. Even when I was doing my Masters thesis seven years ago, those were still the main sources of material.
Not anymore. There's been a big information explosion out there, people.
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Talking about interesting references i bought the kids a book called "Amazing Inventions", or something similar, and all the references in the back were from Wikipedia!!
PS good luck with the new job!
An issue I'm coming up against in the magazine editing business is referencing material accessed by a Kindle or other such electronic device. They don't have page numbers! Anything you find out about this one, I'd love to hear about.
@Sheryl...re the Wikipedia referencing...I am trying to work out at what age referencing Wikipedia is no longer appropriate. For our almost ten year old, I think it's okay although we are trying to show him other sources.
I would say University students should definitely be looking in other places....
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