Wikipedia Survives Research Test

The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows.

The British journal Nature examined a range of scientific entries on both works of reference and found few differences in accuracy.

Source: BBC News

And people still ask me why I use Wikipedia!

Posted by Ken Edwards on December 15, 2005 8:15 PM

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