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What is the value of non-scholarly references?
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This is my first semester at university and I'm sure like others I'm finding some things very difficult. One arguement I am constantly having with my professors and tutors is over non-scholarly references. They pine and complain about references like wiki-pedia telling us they are terrible and to never use them for anything, but I just cant buy it. In our glorious age of information sharing does a masters degree really give your thoughts that much more value? Think about the amazing database of information contained in Takingitglobal, all of it according to my professors at least worthless because its not listed in a horribly boring scholarly journal that no one will ever read. what do you see as the future of higher education in a world in which information is so readily available at virtually no cost?

April 16, 2006 | 2:38 AM Comments  1 comments

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