Scholarly Research

If the Web page purports to be academic or scholarly:

• Is there a list of authors at the end of the article?
• Is their professional affiliation provided?
• Can you use reference sources to verify their credentials and authority?
• Examine references and bibliographies.
• Verify information in another reputable source (e.g., encyclopedia, journal, book, another website).
• If you notice many errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc., question the accuracy of other information.

Here is a website that supports scholarly research. Read the “about us” page and examine this website for evidence.

Which of the following websites would you use for your term paper?

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/ongoing/marijuana.html

http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/medical_mj.htm

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