13-06-2005 21:50									#1
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Could you suggest online encyclopedias that you think are worthwile and credible?

	13-06-2005 22:29									#2
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free ones preferably.

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well yes they'd have to be free

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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 well yes they'd have to be free

Very little of any real academic value out there is free. Google scholar maybe?

If you want something really good, though, I'd suggest buying a subscription to jstor.org. Beyond that, I couldn't tell you. Your local university's library might have some answers.

Answers about the online content they might offer to the public that is.

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I think everything on the internet should be free (except for actual products you order that are made of real atoms (not just electrons)

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I think computers should be free too.

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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I think everything on the internet should be free (except for actual products you order that are made of real atoms (not just electrons)

That would be nice.

But jstor.org is actually a huge collection of scanned articles from real, published academic journals.

	13-06-2005 23:09									#8
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I've googled for some and have come up with the usual, encyclopedia, encarta etc. I was wondering if there's something else out there which is worthwhile.

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and, let me repeat, credible.

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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I think everything on the internet should be free (except for actual products you order that are made of real atoms (not just electrons)

Since you're dreaming, why not ask for a million dollars as well?

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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Since you're dreaming, why not ask for a million dollars as well?

those are made of real atoms (yes even ones that are electronically transferred represent real money and can actually be withdrawn as real money)

	13-06-2005 23:21									#12
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 Could you suggest online encyclopedias that you think are worthwile and credible?

Credible?

	13-06-2005 23:28									#13
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/

probably the most decent on-line one that's free.

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No one has mentioned wikipedia?

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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker No one has mentioned wikipedia?

he doesn't believe they are credible. Despite the fact no one has refuted any of the information in the Vietnam article (in the other thread about Wikipedia).

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Wikipedia's great for math stuff.

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Wikipedia would have been my second choice, but it does seem that by offering people a chance to contribute/edit it themselves, it hurts their credibility. But it's not like you can edit/add to an existing article "screw you" and it would get by the editors.

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Geia sou Paikti,

I'd go with Wikipedia, I use Firefox and I use it as one of my search engines embedded on my toolbar. Generally sufficient information to help me out when looking for something. In connection with my Encarta I have all the refernce nformation I need.

So long....

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The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy is credible.

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quote: Originally posted by rah http://www.bartleby.com/65/ probably the most decent on-line one that's free.

The website http://answers.com is a reference site incorporating various sources including Wikipedia and www.bartleby.com (Columbia Encyclopedia). As such many subjects there have both a Wikipedia and a Columbia Encyclopedia version on the same page, and if you browse a little it becomes very clear to me at least that Wikipedia's articles are more informative. But I do concede that the Columbia Encyclopedia articles may be more credible due to Wikipedia's open nature.

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Google.

There is not one truly great online encyclopedia that covers every topic known to man in the same level of quality and credibility. Encyclopedia Brittanica is probably the closest thing to it, but it's neither free nor perfect (far from it). Different sites specialise in different topics, and it's rarely a good idea to just rely on one site anyway. So Google is your friend.

When you use the right search terms in Google, the information you're looking for is usually on the first page. And quite often you'll find Google linking to the same sites for the same type of topics (e.g. I frequently find myself using the University of Texas website for maps, CIA Factbook for general country statistics, TV Tome for info about American TV shows, IMDB for movie info, etc) so that way in due time you'll learn what the best sites for specific topics are. But it's still wise to compare info from different sources, even if some sources prove to be credible most of the time.

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quote: Originally posted by rah Wikipedia would have been my second choice, but it does seem that by offering people a chance to contribute/edit it themselves, it hurts their credibility. But it's not like you can edit/add to an existing article "screw you" and it would get by the editors.

I've seen wikipedia articles wehre numbers contradict themselves- especialy in political ones about current elections. It's just not credible except on broad issues.

I'd recommend the Catholic Encyclopedia (forget the link, but you can probably just google it)

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thank you very much for your advices