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…
| 123helpme.com | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 548895 |
| allfreeessays.com | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 2068932 |
| antiessays.com | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.52 | 2453562 |
| bignerds.com | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.29 | 2633248 |
| cheathouse.com | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 129753 |
| customessaymeister.com | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 1.29 | 0.43 | 294119 |
| cyberessays.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 883942 |
| essaymania.com | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 653638 |
| ezinearticles.com | 1.50 | 0.86 | 1.36 | 2.00 | 2.14 | 1.14 | 131156 |
| fratfiles.com | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 97236 |
| ivythesis.typepad.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 782726 |
| mightystudents.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 365125 |
| novelguide.com | 1.26 | 0.86 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 595799 |
| oppapers.com | 0.91 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 4492283 |
| papercamp.com | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 2454094 |
| pdfqueen.com | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 49683 |
| peerpapers.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 219321 |
| schoolsucks.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114374 |
| slashdoc.com | 0.63 | 0.38 | 0.90 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 480272 |
| studentoffortune.com | 1.16 | 0.76 | 1.48 | 0.76 | 1.67 | 1.14 | 1286899 |
| termpaperslab.com | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 0.76 | 1392284 |
| termpaperwarehouse.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53411 |