online science encyclopedia

[gib65]

Is there an online science encyclopedia? I'm thinking something similar to the philosophy encyclopedia at http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html.

[aj47]

http://www.wisci.org.

[gib65]

Thanks for the link, but the one problem I'm trying to avoid is websites that are edittable by the general public. I need a credible website that I can link to from my website, one that can't be tampered with by just anybody.

[PhDP]

The very serious journal Nature found that Wikipedia was as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica.

[DV8 2XL]

Which is what? A pat to Wikipedia - or a slap to Britannica?

[PhDP]

Both

[insane_alien]

wow that must be a bitchslap to all the people who have worked on britannica over the centuries. in a VERY short time wikipedia has caught up with them and will probably surpass soon.

[gib65]

The very serious journal Nature[/i'] found that Wikipedia was as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Is that so?

[Klaynos]

Is that so?

 

Indeed, Britannica are NOT happy...

 

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19025452.400.html

[gib65]

The question remains: to trust neither or both?

[Klaynos]

Journals and text books

[PhDP]

Is that so?

 

Yes; http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html

 

But the best is probably NOT to rely on any enclypedia for serious researches.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

WiSci is currently developing a peer-review policy to use for accuracy concerns, although we only have about 200 articles at the moment.