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Ratings for
Top Student Sources
Turnitin created the SEER (Source Educational Evaluation Rubric) to help teach students how to evaluate the sources they use in their writing. A number of educators tested the rubric on the most popular websites that students use for sourcing material. How did these websites rank? Take a look below…
| academic.regis.edu | 1.73 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 0.70 | 43421 |
| apa.org | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 504088 |
| archive.org | 2.89 | 2.57 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 153891 |
| biomedcentral.com | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 637394 |
| biomedexperts.com | 2.67 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 526890 |
| bookrags.com | 1.20 | 0.90 | 1.43 | 0.67 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 162232 |
| books.google.com | 2.95 | 2.81 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 3.19 | 407016 |
| brainmass.com | 1.80 | 1.30 | 2.30 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 1423596 |
| cdc.gov | 3.80 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 827363 |
| citeulike.org | 2.60 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 900954 |
| columbia.edu | 3.33 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 114923 |
| coursehero.com | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.86 | 1.00 | 1.43 | 1.29 | 3966939 |
| digitalcommons.liberty.edu | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 26525 |
| dtic.mil | 3.93 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 113068 |
| enotes.com | 2.17 | 1.71 | 2.71 | 1.86 | 2.43 | 2.14 | 2390593 |
| eric.ed.gov | 3.93 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 844585 |
| etd.lib.fsu.edu | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 1.70 | 533674 |
| etd.lsu.edu | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 1.70 | 642449 |
| etd.ohiolink.edu | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 1.70 | 832389 |
| fedetd.mis.nsysu.edu.tw | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 686371 |
| freepatentsonline.com | 2.73 | 2.00 | 2.70 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 239951 |
| gradworks.umi.com | 3.80 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 219494 |
| gutenberg.org | 3.24 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 2.62 | 3.43 | 71913 |
| highbeam.com | 2.31 | 2.14 | 2.71 | 2.00 | 2.29 | 2.43 | 670958 |
| highered.mcgraw-hill.com | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 552757 |
| infoplease.com | 2.20 | 1.71 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.14 | 2.29 | 553741 |
| jiskha.com | 1.34 | 0.86 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.14 | 1.00 | 630259 |
| lib.bioinfo.pl | 2.47 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 2.30 | 2.70 | 895864 |
| mayoclinic.com | 3.87 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 215587 |
| medbib.com | 1.02 | 1.11 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 819544 |
| medlibrary.org | 2.14 | 2.14 | 2.00 | 2.43 | 2.00 | 2.14 | 3123904 |
| nap.edu | 2.67 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 3.30 | 127250 |
| ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2058169 |
| nursingcenter.com | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.70 | 382312 |
| nursingworld.org | 3.60 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 3.30 | 129500 |
| ohiolink.edu | 3.13 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 2.30 | 3.30 | 357638 |
| onlinelibrary.wiley.com | 3.13 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 3.00 | 972624 |
| plsweb.com | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 146933 |
| publications.theseus.fi | 1.47 | 1.70 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 41001 |
| pubmedcentral.nih.gov | 3.80 | 3.70 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 474800 |
| questia.com | 2.87 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 3.00 | 85420 |
| reference.com | 2.60 | 2.57 | 2.71 | 2.86 | 2.29 | 2.57 | 783297 |
| sagepub.com | 3.33 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 3.70 | 3.70 | 517621 |
| scholar.lib.vt.edu | 3.33 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.70 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 942422 |
| springerlink.com | 3.40 | 3.70 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.70 | 619762 |
| studystack.com | 1.81 | 1.43 | 2.21 | 2.29 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 485983 |
| thefreelibrary.com | 2.47 | 2.50 | 2.57 | 2.71 | 2.00 | 2.57 | 1919664 |
| works.bepress.com | 2.07 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.70 | 2.00 | 185388 |
| worldcat.org | 3.07 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 3.70 | 43547 |
| yale.edu | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 72875 |