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WHAT QUALIFIES AS AN ACADEMIC QUALITY SOURCE
ACCEPTABLE: An academic-quality source is reliable, factual, trustworthy, objective, credible, and up-to-date. The best are scholarly papers, research studies, definitive books, data analyses, or articles published in peer-reviewed journals. The purpose of the source is academic study, not to forward a cause, push an agenda, or sell a product. The authors are scholars, experts, or others who are objective, credible, thorough, trustworthy, and reliable. The best place to find academic-quality references is the online UMUC Library.
NOT ACCEPTABLE: Other sources such as general Internet websites are not considered acceptable for academic research in university-level courses. These include dictionaries, encyclopedias, wikis (such as WikiPedia), blogs, news releases, course textbooks, and general-answer sites like About.com, eZine, eHow, Buzzle, and such. Such sites do not contain the same rigorous standards as academic sources, are not peer-reviewed for accuracy, and are often intended to be commercial so they are not acceptable sources for university-level research.