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…
| amazon.com | 1.55 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 1.95 | 1.81 | 1.67 | 727,660 |
| angelfire.com | 1.74 | 1.86 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 1.71 | 1.29 | 507,806 |
| buy.com | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 183,006 |
| ecampus.com | 1.40 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.24 | 1.62 | 1.43 | 194,269 |
| search.barnesandnoble.com | 1.81 | 2.10 | 1.67 | 1.48 | 1.86 | 1.95 | 467,582 |
| usastores.com | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 33,285 |