I use it as a middle source. I still google first, scan the first page or so of hits to get a sense of the web out there, and then if it's something I can distill to a term I click on the definition highlight top right, read the dictionary, etc entries, and then usually use the wikipedia entry on that page as a starting point. From there, to be sure, I hit up Encyclopaedia Britannica or some similar pro source, if I need more than an understanding or perspective.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2005 6:35:59 pm PDT #5085 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat - Oct 10, 2005 6:37:33 pm PDT #5086 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I love various researching techniques!
I start with wikipedia as general overview and to see what links they have. Once i get a handle on what I'm looking for, I google with more specificity, and in the case of Dante, do the academic google.
Jesse - Oct 10, 2005 6:39:39 pm PDT #5087 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I apparently am uninterested in actual knowledge. I only like factoids. Anyway, I use wikipedia once in a while, when I think of it.
For school I use paid databases.
Kate P. - Oct 10, 2005 6:43:27 pm PDT #5088 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
t taking notes for class on Reference & Information Services
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2005 6:44:34 pm PDT #5089 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have access to Books 24x7 through work, and rarely remember to use the damned thing. Text of actual books, and I'd rather google and surf. I don't think digitising books works for me -- I'm better off in something that was created ground up for the web.
I apparently am uninterested in actual knowledge [...] For school [...]
Hmm.
Lee - Oct 10, 2005 6:45:04 pm PDT #5090 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, there was a Krav Maga reference on HIMYM!
Jesse - Oct 10, 2005 6:46:05 pm PDT #5091 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I mean, personally. I google to find out stupid facts, not to actually learn about a topic.
For school, I search journals and whatnot. Still not as interested in actually learning as I might be.
dw - Oct 10, 2005 6:47:01 pm PDT #5092 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Yankees lose. There is goodness and mercy in this world.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2005 6:47:15 pm PDT #5093 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What did they say? Also .. there's a krav defense in Serenity, which made me laugh.
Jesse - Oct 10, 2005 6:47:56 pm PDT #5094 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yankees lose.
Oh thank god.