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…
| britannica.com | 3.23 | 3.29 | 3.29 | 3.29 | 3.00 | 3.29 | 246329 |
| en.wikiquote.org | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 282154 |
| encyclopedia.com | 2.77 | 2.86 | 2.86 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 352411 |
| imdb.com | 1.74 | 2.30 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 19895 |
| netformule.com | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6801 |
| Wikipedia.org | 1.91 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 2.14 | 1.86 | 1.79 | 3801022 |