[Air-l] FW: Wikipedia vs Britannica

[Niels Windfeld Lund]

sometimes it is good to be a member of more than one discussion list !

best
Niels W.L.
member of Air-l, Jesse-list and ph.d. design list 

-----Original Message-----
From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum on behalf of Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Wed 12/14/2005 10:24 PM
To: JESSE at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: Wikipedia vs Britannica
 
The following interesting item was forwarded to me by a colleague
(Sharon Stoerger):

Giles, Jim. Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Nature. Published
online: 14 December 2005; | doi:10.1038/438900a
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html

"Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the
accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds."

Bernie Sloan
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