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Using Wikipedia Effectively for Your Research

AY2021-2022
Wikipedia is increasingly used by academics even though it is not considered a credible source. Despite its potential inaccuracies, it can also be a gold mine for research information. Join us at this workshop as we discuss the crowd-sourced encyclopedia!

Resources

 

Learn

  • The characteristics of Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced content
  • To evaluate the quality of a Wikipedia article
  • To retrieve full-text NUS-subscribed articles from Wikipedia reference lists

Recommended for

  • Wikipedia users!

Speakers

Siu Chen

Lim Siu Chen

Learning & Research Librarian (Humanities & Social Sciences; Copyright)
Siu Chen is a librarian at NUS Libraries. Her interests relate to copyright, information literacy, and research impact measurement. She has experience providing information literacy instruction as part of the Law Resource and Humanities & Social Sciences Teams. She has an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and an MSc (Library Science) from Nanyang Technological University.
Su Yian

Kho Su Yian 

Learning & Research Librarian (Business)
With over 10 years of experience as a Business Resource Librarian, Su Yian advises students and conducts workshops on Business Research. Her areas of knowledge include humanities and science resources, reference management software, library user experience, social media and communications. A NUS alumni, Su Yian graduated from FASS with a B.A (Hons) in English Literature, and a Master’s in Library & Information Management.

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