Dr. Mercola February 19 2008 184,029 views
Wikipedia can serve as a great introduction to a subject, and connect you to other related ideas, people and places. But it’s not all there is. Here are some resources that can help you with whatever information you need to find:
Bartleby -- Famous quotes and full poetry texts
Citizendium -- More “professional” Wikipedia, although usually not as detailed
Answers.com -- Makes use of the information on Wikipedia and many other reference sites to become a one stop shop
ePodunk -- Information about cities and places
Encyclopedia Britannica -- An excellent source of information, and much more authoritative than Wikipedia.
Scholarpedia -- A step up from both Wikipedia and Citizendium in terms of scholarly respectability; the articles are all written by experts with peer review
JSTOR (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- All those stuffy journals around your professor’s office, and articles in your course packets
Oxford English Dictionary (limited access; talk to your school or library) -- The definitive resource when it comes to the English language
Wikiseek -- Wikipedia with a better search engine
Online Education Database -- Over 100 specific search and research tools, often relevant to specific subjects
MathWorld -- Everything mathematics from Geometry to Calculus is covered in great detail
GeoHive and Fedstats -- Public access to public agency statistics
Theoi and Encyclopedia of Mythology -- Excellent resources on the subject of mythology and ancient religions
Glossary of Poetic Forms -- You too can know the difference between a Canto and a Cento
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Foldop -- Excellent sources on just about anything philosophy related
Religion Online -- An excellent, excellent resource filled with many primary texts
This article, no the comments, remind me of the classic story, where 50 people sit in a circle and pass stories around. No one but the originator ever knows who started which story, but the originator. Dr. Mercola must be chuckling at how the allegations against him evolve here. If you scroll back up, to just the article, he doesn't smack wiki, he just offers a broadening of perspective. What's wrong with that?
As for those of you who think that drug companies don't run government health policey, you obviously need that broadening!
I don't think by this posting that Dr. Mercola is trying to become the next whatreallyhappened or rense.
However, if you want the real lowdown on wiki, those would be a good place to start.
Good work as usual Dr. Mercola.
His advice on natural muscle relaxants and antiinflamatories has been a miracola to me.
Thanks for the resources -- but I too have a problem with the religion website referenced. It's only really useful if you want the perspective of certain brands of Christianity, NOT as a general resource on religion. A quick search turned up
www.religioustolerance.org
which is much broader in scope and appears to offer information on the major world religions in a less biased format. We in this country already have so much ignorance of other faiths and cultures that we can't afford to stop short of seeking true understanding of others from their perspective.
You do have a choice to validate the truthiness of Wikipedia...heck, there's enough Mercola.com users that we could make our own "facts" on Wikipedia if we just all agree and work together.
try WikiLeaks which is an uncensorable version of wikipedia but I heard they rerouting traffic (read spy) on whoever wanna go to wikileaks
Dear Dickwitty, can you include me in your next poem, please? I suspect you are nobody here unless *** does a job on you!
There is bias on Wikipedia that is pro-establishment, pro-United states, pro mainstream media, pro-inside the beltway Washington, pro Pentagon, and pro medical establishment. Their rules for "reliable sources" and "no self published material" are effectively excluding most activist and web based opinion makers (except for so called "think tanks" funded by big corporate money.)
I'm not an expert on Wikipedia. My 10 year old uses it as a source for overviews on historical events. But I really hope this limited contact doesn't pollute his mind and that he doesn't become...pro-U.S. To be on the safe side, I'd start making sure he reads some Karl Marx every day.
However, I want to congratulate you for providing me with such a great laugh. Let's see if I got this straight. Wikipedia is both pro-U.S. and pro-mainstream media. That's comical. Since when is the mainstream media pro-U.S? Duh! You have to go back to the Kennedy era in order to find a time when the media was even remotely pro-U.S.
I'm also curious about who your "activist and web-based opinion makers" are? Who are these intellectual giants being shut-out by Wiki? For some strange reason, I'll just bet you could find their "ravings" on Move-On.
I know it's hard for the left to accept, but I find it somewhat comforting that a web-based purveyor of information would insist on "reliable sources".