Credible Sources

Academic essays what sources are credible and why When the students study the ELC5 in Shantou university, they have to write articles and use references to support their points in articles. Students usually search the references in websites because of the powerful search capability about websites. However, students need to judge the references in websites that they are credible or not credible. They don’t know the sources of the references are credible. The websites like Wikipedia and Baidu Baike are no credible sources. In Wikipedia, anyone can edit the information. Although it also means many errors are corrected by professionals, some ignored errors still mistake. Students can’t recognize the correctness of the information. It’s the same …show more content…
However, encyclopedia is just a starting point for research, not an ending point. It can’t be a credible source. Student can use encyclopedia to search the general knowledge like the historical events or the basics knowledge of chemistry. The knowledge is just surface in the subject and students can’t get professional research in it. If students want to find more professional research or information, encyclopedia or Wikipedia is just play the role of guide and student shouldn’t use it, student should find some professional books or articles about the subject and use other appropriate sources to instead of an encyclopedia because these could provide more helpful and professional research. Bayed the end of that, when students use academic article, they should evaluate the source if it is credible. For example, the book published by some famous organization or the article in a standard academic journal means they are credible because some authority and professional organization think they are correct. Besides, when find academic article in some reliable website who run by a respected institution or could find other academic article to proof it, it is also credible because they have