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I think the research requirements depend on several things:

*  the university professors' standards 
*  requirements at the undergraduate vs. graduate levels
*  the majors / subjects being studied
*  project assignments

 Most of the university librarians that I'm hearing (from another list) state that 
their professors are requiring online research from the databases and the journals. 
 Most do not even offer Internet accessibility through the library's website 
because they do not want to encourage that type of research when it is not 
acceptable.

I think that there will be a "give and take" with the Internet as "acceptable" for 
some things; however, for most universities, I think there is still a standard of 
print formats first, then databases, and finally, the Internet for the research 
that is required.  Until a younger generation of university professors are seen by 
students, I think we will continue to debate this issue.  In the meantime, I know 
that there are SOME university professors (and even some high school teachers) who 
HATE technology and all that it has done to research...so I will continue to teach 
the use of scholarly materials, printed materials, THEN Internet use (even if it 
happens to be quality materials that have been reviewed and published 
online---Google Scholar)....

Just an opinion...

~Shonda




Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco@fwcds.org

>>> David Lininger <tss003@TNP.MORE.NET> 10/05/05 10:36 AM >>>
After the discussion on this topic recently, I decided to ask my three 
children what their universities say. All three are at different schools 
(in two different states) with three different majors, so there is a 
fair range here. This is what they said:

 From my Comp Sci Junior:

I haven't had too many classes where I've had to write papers. Also, 
most of those have been papers related to computers. Usually I'm allowed 
to use just about anything I can find on the Internet. Everyone has 
required at least one "hard" source (book, primary source, etc.). 
Internet and periodicals usually fall under "soft" sources. The new MLA 
and APA standards (if I've got the alphabet soup correct) include the 
proper way of writing stuff for Internet sources.

For a short answer, Internet sources are permitted, but at least one 
"hard" source is required, unless the topic dictates otherwise.


 From my Theater major Sophomore:

So far my profs have allowed some Internet research, but only a limited 
amount such as 1-2 Internet sources and 3-5 non Internet. We also 
weren't allowed to use websites that were older than 5 years, but that 
was only for one class. Hope that helps.


 From my early childhood ed Sophomore:

We are allowed to use thing from the Internet. Many profs will specify 
that we must use Academic Search Premier to find articles that are also 
in the library.


-- 
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp.more.net

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