urbanpoet

I think wikipedia is an AWESOME resource. With certain conditions. Never in my right mind would i directly cite from it. Instead i would just look through a wikipedia article to gain some background knowledge. Then i would check out the sources they use... sometimes the sources actually point me in the direct of some good books or journal articles. Sometimes they even point me to the direction of some Academics that are especially notable in the field im researching. then i would take this information i gather and conduct further research. This makes it a bit easier then searching through a online journal data base while skimming through abstracts to get information. Of course... searching academic databases would come after =)

I was thinking... ppl say the political consequences of the constitution act generated the mech and charlotte town accords. people also say that the constitution act created the opposition that defeated these accorsd. SO far all i can think of is Aboriginal and Quebec culture rights. are there any others?

Why is there no General Offtopic section on this message board? I think it would give a personal edge to MLW and bring users of this board closer together. Theres more to life then just politics

http://www.mapleleafweb.com/info/help/general.html Im fully aware of the MLA style guide, but thanks for the review! This actually has nothign to do with my question... I was actually investigating the credibility of this site. No offense taken - however, peer review is not the only requirement profs use when determining the quality of a source. If it was the only requirement, most of the books in the library would be off-limits. In fact, the vast majority of publications are NOT peer-reviewed (in the conventional academic sense). I completely agree! Academic peer reviewed journals are not the end all in academic research. Anyways, i found my answers! the About page is back up. This site seems totally credible. But as far as im concerned... Im only gonna use it for basic definition/history reference.

Im writing a paper and i found some useful information on mapleleafweb.com The nature of academic paper obviously requires a person to use credible sources, which is why i tried to access the about page. However, this page seems to be down right now. Is there anywhere else i can get a background on mapleleafweb.com their authors, information, and credentials?