Essay On Electronic Sources

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1. Electronic sources

Since the beginning of the Internet, everything is accessible with a single click. Because of this, the trustworthiness of electronic sources which are increasingly used by students becomes a major problem. In his publication, “Writing, teaching, and researching history in the electronic age: historians and computers”, J. G. Barlow (1998) compares traditional, printed documents and modern, electronic documents and investigates how electronic sources affect academic work.

Barlow (1998) considers that the sources found on the Internet may be uncertain because it is difficult to asses their origin or their validity. According to the author, “most of the works found in a library have been filtered by multiple levels of authority” (Barlow, 1998, p.206) in order to become a reference. In contrast, electronic sources can be published by no matter whom. Of course, some electronic sources are very well written but they might lack of information about the author. For instance, this is clearly seen on the Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Barlow, denounces how easy is for people to write on the internet and states that as a result, a mistake can be produced which will become a “false truth”. In this way, it is difficult for one to trust them. Barlow also accents that electronic sources can vanish very easy if a web page is deleted. Finally, the writer points out the effect which internet has on academic publications which are apparently diminishing because of economic difficulties (idem, p. 206-2010).

However, the writer proposes solutions in order to use the internet correctly. He proposes that students should learn to distinguish coherent from incoherent sources and to analyze sources in a critical way. This is true, but o...

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I believe that the Schuman Declaration had a great influence on the Treaty of Paris as the main ideas are reproduced in the treaty, which led to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) on the 18th of April 1951. As the Schuman Declaration, the Treaty of Paris intents at “world peace”, “peaceful relations” and the “establishment of common basement for economic development” which would further lead to a raise in living standards and elimination of “age-old rivalries” (ECSC, 1951, p.3). All these will be associated to a High Authority which will guarantee that all the objectives will be attained (idem, p.14). In other words, the Treaty of Paris is the treaty which Schuman desired in order to put in practice his aims. However, the treaty introduces more precise elements as cultural, environmental and social issues. (Treaty of Paris, 1952)

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