Experiences
My experiences with on-line texts has been pleasant as compared to some other stories i have heard. I have accessed sites where the proported author or writer of the text made me wonder if they have ever taken a writing course. The information was so vague that most of the information i was looking for was left up to my imagination. I've followed links of texts that were no longer in existence, the site would give an explanation of why this site wasn't operating anymore and it sounded more like something criminal had happened than practical. But overall my experiences have been good. I choose the information that i access now as carefully as possible. There is no 100 per cent foolproof concept of picking the right site. Just trust your instincts and the information that you recieve and hope it is true and concrete.
I agree with you that although most of my experiences have been good, I have heard horror stories of people who have written papers off of information that they have gotten off of the internet and its source wasn't reliable and have gotten in trouble from professors or failed their paper because of this. Also, EVERYONE is using Wikipedia these days, even myself, and the definitions and information are typed by regular people...who knows where they get their information from. Its scary to think.
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