User talk:Cnilep/Archive/04 April 2014

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Yes, I thought as much. It does look like a personal essay or opinion piece rather than scientific research. I wonder if there are any reliable sources that support this idea? Where can I find reliable sources, and how can I gauge the reliability of a source? --Bradshaws1 (talk) 20:15, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Identifying reliable sources has advice on this. Roughly speaking, academic publications (journals, scholarly books) tend to be most reliable, followed by (mainstream) news media. Opinion/editorial pieces in print media is generally less appropriate than straight news. Blogs are usually less reliable, though are sometimes acceptable. Since I'm on a university campus, I have access to library materials. If you are using web searches, look for outlets that prefer scholarly or news-media sources, such as Google Scholar or Yahoo News. Cnilep (talk) 01:22, 4 April 2014 (UTC)