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…
| absoluteastronomy.com | 1.93 | 1.29 | 2.00 | 2.29 | 2.00 | 2.07 | 1022745 |
| allbusiness.com | 3.27 | 3.30 | 3.00 | 3.30 | 3.70 | 3.00 | 2041321 |
| articlesbase.com | 1.96 | 1.71 | 1.86 | 2.14 | 2.43 | 1.67 | 416997 |
| associatedcontent.com | 1.93 | 1.29 | 1.71 | 2.50 | 2.14 | 2.00 | 1560924 |
| azcentral.com | 2.80 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 49767 |
| ecampus.com | 1.40 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.24 | 1.62 | 1.43 | 69872 |
| ehow.com | 1.35 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.67 | 872081 |
| entrepreneur.com | 2.13 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 823339 |
| examiner.com | 2.13 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 571594 |
| findarticles.com | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 0.71 | 0.86 | 1869439 |
| freerepublic.com | 1.14 | 0.71 | 1.29 | 1.43 | 1.43 | 0.86 | 576310 |
| google.com | 1.80 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 98330 |
| guardian.co.uk | 2.70 | 2.64 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 166273 |
| huffingtonpost.com | 2.46 | 2.71 | 2.57 | 2.43 | 1.86 | 2.71 | 661167 |
| nytimes.com | 3.46 | 3.71 | 3.43 | 3.29 | 3.43 | 3.43 | 336730 |
| rediff.com | 1.09 | 0.86 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 1.43 | 0.86 | 165549 |
| redorbit.com | 2.47 | 2.00 | 2.30 | 3.00 | 2.70 | 2.30 | 440916 |