Now In this Time,I' m seeing students start their internet research on Wikipedia before going to Google.There's nothing inherently wrong with that,but often that process yield duplicated information.that's where Googlepedia can be useful. Googlepedia is a Firefox add-on that allows users to see Google search results side by side with Wikipedia entries.To use Googlepedia simply enter a search term in Google and if the are matching Wikipedia entries they will appear on the right hand side of browser window.
I don't know how I managed until now not being able to search google and wikipedia at the same time, all those wasted hours I'll never get back.
More to the point what is the OP doing allowing students to use the internet as their main source of reference? Everybody knows you can write what ever **** you like on Wiki and chances are it won't get noticed. There are those (not me I hasten to add) who deliberately add incorrect information on Wiki just for the laughs and if students are too bastard lazy to go to a library to do their research then I hope their teachers are not as dumb and can spot an internet cut and paste job. During my degree we got a lecture solely about intellectual property, correct citations etc and were warned that if anyone was found to be claiming copied work to be their own then they'd be hoofed out.
I'd be ****ed without a calculator. I'd need to take my shoes off and drop my trousers to count to 22 and a half.
