I've put some comments up on my blog
<http://www.beiffert.net/wordpress/research-literacy/answerscom/> .
As Answers basically polls a specific set of resources, its biggest
advantage is in bypassing much of the piffle that inevitably winds up in
a general search engine’s results. However, a webpage of resources with
brief explanations and hints to help students making choices could
provide a better service in terms of quality of answer, matching student
capabilities, and giving our students a better understanding of the
range of resources available.
Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net robert@beiffert.net
Shonda Brisco wrote:
>While I'm waiting for a response, I'm still experimenting on the Answers.com
>website.
>
>But here's a discovery.....one of the "valid resources" that Answers.com uses to
>create their "valid resource information" is...Wikipedia.
>
>I think we're going in circles here.....it this bad information perpetuating bad
>information? (EPIC 2014???) <grin>
>
>
>
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