I decided to have a look at wikipedia to see how it differs from other information sources such as Encarta. There are many features of this ‘online program’ which I was impressed with, for example all the information can be changed into many different languages:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
The main homepage for the English website has a lot of listed categories and interesting news features such as Featured picture of the day, Events in history on this day, Key featured documents and key stories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
There are many extensive and very detailed subject resources and extra information sources within searches which also very good, there are many sub sections within certain areas that list various aspects of certain searches, it also puts headings in a bullet pointed box so you can click hyperlinks to key information that you are looking for.
There are a few problems with this website, firstly the Wikipedia websites are created by people submitting information so there is a good chance that it could be biased or inaccurate, this could lead to accusations or even lies being spread across as fact. Wikipedia also has a function that allows you to edit the information on the screen so you can add information that is not even true, but they have systems in place that review articles and amend them if its untrue or slanderous.
This would make obvious sense why universities do not deem wikipedias as reliable for assignments.
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