1. Credible & Reliable Sources

2. What do they mean?
In your own words AND using as many buzz words as possible, define:
‘reliable’
‘credible’

3. Credible Sources Doctors or ‘professionals’ (writers with degrees)
Writers include their degrees in their name
Mr. Mark A. Curcio, MS. Ed.
Non-bias news report
Focus on adverbs
Fact vs. Opinion
University published article
ONLY off of .edu site (
.org, .gov, and .edu sites
Trick:
Google.com
“keyword” filetype:org
Only .org sites show up

4. Unreliable Sources Blogs Random .com sites ‘un-cited’ articles
Usually very opinionated
Random .com sites
‘un-cited’ articles
What do cited articles look like:
“Based on research…”
“Dr. blah blah states,”
Works Cited at bottom of page

5. So… what’s the verdict? The Wikipedia Debate
Teachers hate it because it’s the “easy way out” but…
It’s basically an online encyclopedia
It’s very opinionated but…
Most articles are referenced at the bottom
“Wikipedia isn’t checked for accuracy”
Actually, it is checked frequently.
So… what’s the verdict?

6. Verdict:
If the quote you are using from Wikipedia is referenced at the bottom of the page by a CREDIBLE or RELIABLE source, then I say it’s O.K.
To avoid problems, just cite the linked site, if it’s ‘credible’ or ‘reliable’, not Wikipedia directly.
Since you will be a published writer after this paper, you want to protect your credibility… and Wikipedia isn’t widely accepted.