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Ratings for
Top Student Sources
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…
| answers.com | 1.84 | 1.57 | 1.86 | 2.43 | 1.76 | 1.57 | 1248710 |
| answers.yahoo.com | 1.56 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 1.14 | 292104 |
| ask.com | 1.34 | 1.05 | 1.19 | 2.19 | 1.24 | 1.05 | 49945 |
| authorstream.com | 1.77 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 2.29 | 1.86 | 1.93 | 236197 |
| blogs.myspace.com | 0.57 | 0.14 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 0.29 | 335542 |
| blurtit.com | 1.28 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.90 | 1.40 | 0.90 | 1092 |
| chacha.com | 1.17 | 0.71 | 1.29 | 1.57 | 1.29 | 1.00 | 196505 |
| clipmarks.com | 1.30 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 1.86 | 1.62 | 1.33 | 171145 |
| community.livejournal.com | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 15772 |
| digg.com | 2.11 | 2.00 | 2.36 | 2.36 | 1.71 | 2.14 | 24554 |
| diigo.com | 1.93 | 1.30 | 2.70 | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 172756 |
| en.wikisource.org | 2.14 | 1.86 | 2.29 | 2.29 | 2.14 | 2.14 | 394047 |
| everything2.com | 1.14 | 0.43 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.71 | 0.86 | 550002 |
| feedbooks.com | 1.47 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 379513 |
| forumlogr.com | 1.37 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 2.30 | 2.00 | 0.30 | 22710 |
| helium.com | 1.61 | 1.43 | 1.64 | 1.71 | 1.86 | 1.43 | 218490 |
| hextras.com | 0.95 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 1.50 | 1.30 | 0.80 | 8744 |
| hubpages.com | 1.54 | 0.86 | 1.43 | 2.00 | 2.14 | 1.29 | 282125 |
| members.tripod.com | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 15007 |
| myspace.com | 0.70 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 1.10 | 0.90 | 0.57 | 336000 |
| pinkmonkey.com | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 1.80 | 47973 |
| scribd.com | 2.07 | 2.00 | 2.43 | 2.07 | 1.71 | 2.14 | 1144111 |
| sg.answers.yahoo.com | 1.65 | 1.40 | 2.10 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.30 | 2929041 |
| shelfari.com | 2.10 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 1.80 | 5546 |
| sites.google.com | 1.91 | 1.71 | 2.29 | 2.43 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 460948 |
| slideshare.net | 1.61 | 1.71 | 1.86 | 1.50 | 1.43 | 1.57 | 953619 |
| smsgupshup.com | 1.40 | 0.70 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 1.00 | 1120 |
| squidoo.com | 1.36 | 1.05 | 1.29 | 1.67 | 1.33 | 1.48 | 289960 |
| tumblr.com | 1.67 | 1.70 | 1.30 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 4538 |
| voices.yahoo.com | 1.44 | 1.21 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 58068 |
| wiki.answers.com | 1.45 | 1.05 | 1.43 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.24 | 546373 |
| wix.com | 1.76 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 1.80 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 43454 |
| xmediapartners.com | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 1.20 | 1243 |
| youtube.com | 2.03 | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 2.10 | 46734 |