I recently went back to school. I needed to get some formal training in some technical subjects I was not up to speed on. I had to do a great deal of research and finding technically correct information on the net at times was a problem. A great deal of on-line material I found was incorrect.
Well my 14 year old daughter and I talked about this a month or so ago and I have been validating what she is finding for her homework assignments. I also paid for a Britanica subscription this has helped her get more accurate information.
Ars Technica has a article on these very issues. I need to get serious and find some more reference site that has information you can trust. So if you are doing research for school or work you may want to really think about the points the author makes over at [Ars Technica]
I do it all the time except when I’m in the library. The library doesn’t have as good of an Internet connection.
I find there are more good information than bad. It’s also used for quick references, such as dictionary, thesaurus or finding a right spelling or title for something.
For some of the information, I like how it’s not only presently textually but involve something else like videos and demos.
You just have to find the good information.
A while back I took a microbiology class (college level) and we had to do a paper that was researched strictly from the internet. I used university , CDC, WHO, and state health department websites. However, I did come across quite a bit of personal websites containing misinformation or outdated information. And, of course, a few conspiracy websites about the government making up HIV -that it didn’t really exist.