Credible Sources & Reliable Sources
There are too many sources on the internet; either credible sources or non-credible ones. Anyone with any knowledge level at any age can write everything about anything! This much as bigdata makes it complicated for data cleansing process.
There is no specific rule for reliable sources. However, we can claim that there are a few ground rules! Make sure your source is;
- backed-up with other sources, it is no one’s own idea
- Not a blog, personal writing
- Published & approved by an institution or has potential to be published
Here are some popular, reliable & credible sources you can use with your academic writings.
- Google Scholar is a scholar, free open-source
- Easy to use & rich sources
- Supported by world’s most popular search engine, Google
- Includes books, journals, academic writings and more…
- Research Gate is a scholar, free open-source
- Easy to use & rich sources
- Commonly includes journals and academic writings
- It has cite this for me future
Even if it is so popular, I personally don’t like Research Gate. Most researches are not for free and not shared with public to use.