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 | 794807 |
| allfreeessays.com | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.50 | 604413 |
| antiessays.com | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.90 | 0.52 | 798557 |
| azete.com | 0.53 | 0.30 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 247413 |
| bignerds.com | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.29 | 534995 |
| customessaymeister.com | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 1.29 | 0.43 | 525242 |
| dreamessays.com | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.70 | 190719 |
| drugwarrant.com | 1.60 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 1.70 | 1847 |
| echeat.com | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 184207 |
| essaymania.com | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.19 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 932709 |
| exampleessays.com | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.30 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 227434 |
| fanfiction.net | 1.35 | 0.80 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 81516 |
| goftp.com | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1925 |
| novelguide.com | 1.26 | 0.86 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 410964 |
| oppapers.com | 0.91 | 1.00 | 1.14 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1245097 |
| papercamp.com | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 172029 |
| pastebin.com | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 132289 |
| planetpdf.com | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 95061 |
| slashdoc.com | 0.63 | 0.38 | 0.90 | 0.52 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 526152 |
| termpaperslab.com | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 1.52 | 0.76 | 302811 |