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It doesn't matter where you've found the information as long as you cite it.

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Nathalie Jolivet
2 years ago
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It doesn't matter where you've found the information as long as you cite it.

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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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