Originally posted by Savaric
However my organic chemistry teacher has warned about using the internet for any kind of research or as a knowledge base because there is a ton of junk stuff out there.
Your Mummy told you not to cross the road without holding a hand, too, but as you grew up, you learned to keep track of your own safety. The internet is a great source of information, much of it authoritative, but you just have to know what you're doing. In terms of a teacher/class, that's good advice, because everything you'll need for that class will be in the textbook or other such authoritative dead-trees; but for the latest theories and such, a bit of googling can save you having to purchase someone's published paper. Actually, the thesis still might be no more accurate. The only difference between publishing to the web and publishing to the tree is that one of them costs a few more dollars...