Non peer-reviewed and non-academic source material is avoided

 

 

It is imperative that the work you submit contains only peer-reviewed articles. If work has been peer-reviewed it is generally a much more reliable and trustworthy source. To ensure your source material is peer-reviewed, when using search engines make sure the ‘peer reviewed’ box is ticked.

Non-academic information can be written by anyone meaning it is not always accurate. A commonly used non-academic source is ‘Wikipedia’. This website allows anyone with internet access to manipulate the information. Following the importance of using peer-reviewed information, it is essential that source material is also academic as this increases its accuracy and improves the quality of academic writing.