Academic Sources

Academic Sources refers to a number of information sources that are subjected to some form of check for accuracy. Common examples include, but are not limited to the following:

• Peer reviewed journals
• Published books
• University/College lectures
• Interviews
• Government statistics/publications

The main idea behind academic sources is that there is a degree of accuracy and legitimacy which is not found in the following sources:

• Wikipedia (though this could be contested as there is a number of authorities that check various articles)
• Word-of-mouth
• Google (again, Google Scholar provides an argument for the opposite)

External Links

• Project Muse
• JSTOR
• Google Scholar