Hoi,
How well is JSTOR available outside of the English speaking world... The
notion that English is the only language with a Wikipedia is obviously
wrong.
Thanks,
Gerard
On 4 May 2012 06:29, Richard Jensen <rjensen(a)uic.edu> wrote:
Open access journals are not going anywhere soon and
hypothetical reliance
on them would be a death sentence to Wikipedia because their range of
coverage is so narrow.
As for JSTOR, tens of millions of Wiki users get immediate full access as
do patrons of 6500 libraries and practically all students in higher
education in US, UK, Canada, etc.- They have access but do not use it
when they edit for Wikipedia--I suggest they do not know about it. (about
half the Wikipedia editors are younger than 23, suggesting that they are
probably students with free access to library services.)
As for scholarly articles, a common format is for the first part of the
article to summarize the state of the art and the remainder of the article
to present the author's original research. That first part is especially
valuable for Wiki editors. ~~~~
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