<<In a message dated 1/6/2009 7:11:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cbeckhorn@fastmail.fm writes:

I would say it is an unsuitable source and we shouldn't be using it. Imagine if I included a reference to Encarta in the next research paper I write...>>

Apples and oranges. It is typical that hard science research papers refer to journal articles, and other published research papers. It is typical that encyclopedia articles refer to other works of a similar type, such as other encyclopedias. This is not a lower form of citation, it is merely the normative behaviour.

Will Johnson

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