8 in 10 Students Turn to Wikipedia for Research

From Campus Technology
By David Nagel 03/23/10

Eighty-two percent of students in higher education turn to Wikipedia for their course-related research. But, according to a new report out of the University of Washington, most are doing it just to give their research a jump start.

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http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/03/23/8-in-10-students-turn-to-wikipedia-for-research.aspx

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The WOO-WOO Factor
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse -- The third book in Stephenie Meyer's best selling vampire love saga

Charlaine Harris -- Four more entries into the Sookie Stackhouse Series – for true blue True Blood fans!
Dead Until Dark (#1)
Club Dead (#3)
Dead to the World (#4)
Dead as a Doornail (#5) “
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Living Dead in Dallas #2
From Dead to Worse #8
Definitely Dead #6

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Charlie Huston -- My Dead Body
T. A. Pratt -- Spell Games
The Tarot Café: The Wild Hunt -- based on the Manga best-seller
Art by Sang-Sun Park, Story by Chandra Rooney
Lynsay Sands -- The Rogue Hunter
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Devil Of The Highlands
The Immortal Hunter
Vampire, Interrupted
Vampires Are Forever

Dean Koontz --  Frankenstein: Dead and Alive – Book 3

Classic Horror Tales inspired by the work of H.G. Lovecraft
Lovecraft Unbound
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The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams Of Terror And Death
Graphic Classics: H.P. Lovecraft

SF/Fantasy
Susan Kearney--Lucan: The Pendragon Legacy
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J. D. Robb -- Promises in Death
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Three in Death

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