Report - Google and Wikipedia and research habits

Summary of Findings http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2326


"A recent report on students’ research habits raises questions about all the hand-wringing in academe concerning students’ over-reliance on Google and Wikipedia to complete assignments. The report, based on a study conducted this year at Saint Mary’s College of California, found that most students started their research by turning to course readings or the library Web site, not Web search engines or Wikipedia."

The Study http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/head/index.html

Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research?

Thanks to my friend Jane at University of Guelph for finding this article, Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research?