Asking for references does not seem to me to be a problem. It would be no
different than walking up to a reference librarian and asking for help for
sources. I think it's wonderful to be able to draw on colleagues'
expertise in this way. The student still has to go get the references
(not an easy task in many cases), read them, interpret them, and apply
them. I have found a number of sources this way that I don't think I would
have found via more traditional means. P.S. I am a community college
administrator, English instructor, and doctoral student. No matter which
hat I'm wearing, I want students to learn how to access information any
way possible. The hard part now that there is so much information
available is learning how to sift through it and being able to decide when
enough is enough for your purposes. So, while I'm certainly not going to
write anybody's papers, I am happy to point them toward sources if I can
do so. That said, I'm not going to break my neck to help the person who
needs it in 24 hours for a presentation! That's a whole other learning
experience they probably need to have.
Harriett
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