Gen: Electronic Sources

["Adams, Cheryl" <AdamsC@CALVERTNET.K12.MD.US>]

I have a question about what are considered electronic sources.  English
teachers have given a research assignment that requires at least one
electronic source.  Some teachers say students can use encyclopedias on
CD-ROM or newspaper and magazines found in an online subscription in our
library.  Another teacher says that those count as print sources since they
are reprints of articles published on paper.  Only web sites - individual,
org, gov., etc., count as electronic sources.

Who is right?  Or is there a definitive answer?  I would like some
consistency in my school so that I can correctly advise students when they
say, "I have to have an electronic source."

Thanks for your input.  I hope there is some consistency with the answers I
can get the teachers to come to a consensus about what an electronic source
is.

Cheryl B. Adams, Media Generalist
Patuxent High School
12485 Rousby Hall Road
Lusby, MD 20657
<mailto:adamsc@calvertnet.k12.md.us>

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