It doesn't matter where you've found the information as long as you cite it.
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It doesn't matter where you've found the information as long as you cite it.
Why?
This is so not true. Sure, you can avoid plagiarism if you cite your sources and haven't copy/pasted from them, but that doesn't mean you've used RELIABLE sources.
In order to determine if a website is credible, you should consider the following:
- Has it been updated recently? If not, chances are the information on it is old and you should look elsewhere
- Does it have a listed author? Unless it's a trusted organization or a government website, you should know WHO wrote the article. If you can't find out, how do you know it's not all just made up?
- Can you find the same information on at least 3 different websites? If you've come across some sketchy website that has THE PERFECT information for you, try searching elsewhere and if you can find that same info on 3 sketchy websites then you are probably ok. Though at this point, you'll probably come across a better source anyway.
- Don't use Wikipedia or any sites that random people can edit. They are NOT reliable. I once put a sentence about a flying pink pig in the middle of a Wikipedia article to test my students and they actually believed that there existed a flying pink pig! You don't want to present false information to your boss.
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