History professors at Middlebury College are tired of having all their students submit the same bad information on term papers. The culprit: Wikipedia — the user-created encyclopedia that's full of great stuff, and also full of inaccuracies. Now the the entire History department has voted to ban students from citing it as a resource. An outright ban was considered, but dropped because enforcement seemed impossible. Other professors at the school agree, but note that they're also enthusiastic contributors to Wikipedia. The article discusses the valuable role that Wikipedia can play, while also pointed out the need for critical and primary sources in college-level research.

You can use wikipedia as a resource without referencing it. Referencing wikipedia would be inconsiderate, you should use the appropriate references listed on the wikipedia article as your references, if you decide to use information from wikipedia. The references will have more indepth information, most of the time, as well. That being said, Wikipedia is a great resource.