website author sourcing - stanford medicine · not credible • .com or .co ... credible...
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WEBSITE AUTHOR SOURCING
CREDIBLE• .org, .edu, or .gov• Contains articles,
critiques, & studies• Hosted by a library
or university
• Has published similarpapers
• Well educated in thefield
• Affiliated withcredible organizations
• Sites articles,critiques, & studies
• Sites sources correctly• Includes
references
NOT CREDIBLE
• .com or .co• Social media• Hosted by
a company
• First publishing• No formal education
on the topic• No affiliation with
credibleorganizations
• Sites word of mouth• Sites unreliable
articles, websites, &papers
• References notincluded
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The internet is full of some amazing resources and some not so amazing resources. Use this chart to figure out if you can trust your source.
Tobacco Prevention Toolkit (Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University); www.tobaccopreventiontoolkit.stanford.edu; [email protected]