ES - Defender A&S
Paul Mitchell
pmitchel at flash.net
Fri Apr 3 11:05:16 PST 1998
Donald Riney wrote:
>
> <slash>
> >Are internet Sorces Valid for documentation i.e the infomation and
> pictures
> >of the Bean M.S. and the likes. Or must all the information in
> Documentation
> >come from Physical Book Sorces.
> >
> >
> >Simone
> >
>
> Good Question. Personally I would be leary of quoting most pages. As
> easy as it is in this day and age to touch up images, And one can
> Acquire a web site with whatever name they want for a nominal fee. I
> would mention the web pages as research information but also verify it
> with proven reliable hard copy. What are proven reliable hard copies?
> Well, if you found only one source with one line that might mean what
> you want, then you should be cautious. Though Anthropologist and
> Archaeologist and historians may disagree on fine points, many will at
> least sound similar in their accounts. I find in this way One can get
> bat least close to the historical truth, How close? ask someone from
> 1466 AD
>
> Ld Darius of the Bells
I agree with Darius that websites are notoriously unreliable
as research sources themselves, but they can be a good source
of information about where to look for good research sources.
- Galen
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