Credible Reliable Sources What do they mean In

Credible & Reliable Sources

What do they mean? In your own words AND using as many buzz words as possible, define: ◦ ‘reliable’ ◦ ‘credible’

Credible Sources Doctors or ‘professionals’ (writers with degrees) ◦ Writers include their degrees in their name Mr. Mark A. Curcio, MS. Ed. Non-bias news report ◦ Focus on adverbs ◦ Fact vs. Opinion University published article ◦ ONLY off of. edu site (www. psu. edu) . org, . gov, and. edu sites ◦ Trick: Google. com “keyword” filetype: org Only. org sites show up

Unreliable Sources Blogs ◦ Usually very opinionated Random . com sites ‘un-cited’ articles ◦ What do cited articles look like: “Based on research…” “Dr. blah states, ” Works Cited at bottom of page

The Wikipedia Debate Teachers hate it because it’s the “easy way out” but… ◦ It’s basically an online encyclopedia It’s very opinionated but… ◦ Most articles are referenced at the bottom “Wikipedia isn’t checked for accuracy” ◦ Actually, it is checked frequently. So… what’s the verdict?

Verdict: If the quote you are using from Wikipedia is referenced at the bottom of the page by a CREDIBLE or RELIABLE source, then I say it’s O. K. To avoid problems, just cite the linked site, if it’s ‘credible’ or ‘reliable’, not Wikipedia directly. ◦ Since you will be a published writer after this paper, you want to protect your credibility… and Wikipedia isn’t widely accepted.