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Most Internet users know that Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that covers a wide range of information to which volunteers from around the world contribute. However, few know that this resource has other values. This paper presents, in summary, some experiences in which Wikipedia is used as a working tool in student education. Ranked 5th in the top of the most visited web pages, teachers from various higher education institutions in the UK and USA chose Wikipedia to teach students how to search for accurate information and how to use it ethically in writing articles. The study states that there are also some restraints from professors and librarians about the use of Wikipedia in scientific research. However, the educational projects described were successfully completed, and the reference librarians chose to use these experiences to develop information literacy programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]