Wikipedia: Watch Out!
Wikipedia can be very helpful in providing information about all kinds of topics. The footnotes and lists of external links provided at the end of many articles may lead to useful scholarly material.
CAUTION: The text of each article is not always accurate or authoritative.
Articles often reflect personal opinion and controversial interpretations of events and issues. Authors might not have a strong academic background in the subject matter of the articles they contribute.
Online Encyclopedia Collections
Searchable databases containing hundreds of authoritative, peer-reviewed reference books and encyclopedias, covering the social sciences, can make searching for scholarly background information faster and easier.
- GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library)Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias such as the:
- Sage KnowledgeA database of reference books published by SAGE covering the social sciences and education, including:
