Klarinet Archive - Posting 000855.txt from 2002/11

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] research - was Poulenc Sextet for Winds and Piano
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:01:23 -0500

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David B. Niethamer wrote:

> As with any source, you have to know
> where *they* got the information they are providing, and make your own
> judgments about how reliable that information might be. Since there's no
> peer review for internet sites, it's probably harder to establish the
> accuracy of some of that information. OTOH, scholarly books sometimes
> perpetuate misinformation (at least in music) for generations to the
> point that it becomes difficult to correct. So, going a step beyond, you
> have to know about your sources of information, be they print or
> electronic.

Exactly. A good starting point is to only look at websites which follow
standard citation guidelines. In other words, if the page you're looking
at has a full bibliography, where you can verify the information from the
primary sources, it's generally good enough to cite.

Of course, it is always good to check the primary sources yourself,
because footnotes and a bibliography don't guarantee academic honesty or
accuracy; there is no shortage of published books which appear on the
surface to be well referenced, but when you check the citations, you
discover that they're either quoted out of context or completely wrong
(and certainly, not just in the music field).

-jeremy

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