I think many of the WP country articles aren't as complete as they
should be. It is often worthwhile to compare information available
through LOC Country Studies <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html> ,
UN InfoNations <http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/basic.asp>, CIA
World Factbook <http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/>, and
gov't and embassy sites.
I help my researchers, who love to google the name of the country and
wind up on a travel site or add CIA and windup with the 1999 version, I
made a page of resources for country info. We are in process of making
curriculum changes in SS, so next year I'll need to review and add links
to embassy and national homepage.
There have also been some comments about inaccurate maps on some sites
that should be considered fairly reliable, they came up with an archive
search 'australia AND map AND inaccurate'
Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: beiffert.net robert@beiffert.net
Jill Midolo wrote:
>Hi Joyce and others,
>
>One of the aspects of reputable encyclopaedias that probably wouldn't be
>evident in North America is the very brief and often outdated articles about
>Australia that appear in most of them. In fact, I have regularly told
>students to ignore the Australian articles, even as a starting point in
>their research.
>
>For me, it's great to go to the extensive, up-to-date and generally reliable
>articles [from my knowledge] about Australia and Australians written by
>Australians in Wikipedia. We are such a small country in population that
>Wikipedia provides an opportunity for us to have the in-depth coverage that
>other countries with larger populations take for granted in the major
>encyclopaedias.
>
>I know it's patchy and it takes time to check the validity of the
>information, but I see it as a useful experiment in collaboration that we
>can use with our students - particularly by getting them involved in the
>research and updating process.
>
>BTW - I was very impressed with how quickly a detailed article about the
>London bombings was up!
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jill
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jill Midolo, Curriculum Officer (CMIS)
>Early Years, K-10, Standards and Support
>Department of Education and Training Western Australia
>151 Royal Street East Perth WA 6004
>Ph: (08) 9264 4192 Fax: (08) 9264 5708
>Email: jill.midolo@det.wa.edu.au
>Website: http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
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