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 | 395231 |
| associatedcontent.com | 1.93 | 1.29 | 1.71 | 2.50 | 2.14 | 2.00 | 637113 |
| deithe.newgrounds.com | 1.60 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.00 | 13924 |
| ehow.com | 1.35 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.67 | 1153 |
| examiner.com | 2.13 | 1.71 | 2.07 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 70073 |
| findarticles.com | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 1.71 | 0.71 | 0.86 | 298377 |
| freerepublic.com | 1.14 | 0.71 | 1.29 | 1.43 | 1.43 | 0.86 | 265174 |
| guardian.co.uk | 2.70 | 2.64 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 159273 |
| huffingtonpost.com | 2.46 | 2.71 | 2.57 | 2.43 | 1.86 | 2.71 | 268510 |
| nytimes.com | 3.46 | 3.71 | 3.43 | 3.29 | 3.43 | 3.43 | 219369 |
| rediff.com | 1.09 | 0.86 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 1.43 | 0.86 | 25582 |
| topix.net | 0.36 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.8 | 69766 |
| washingtonpf.weebly.com | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 1.30 | 0.70 | 7287 |