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→Where to look for sources: update videos to more authoritative sources (like JHU) and more up to date information (like how Google Scholar is now vs. 10 years ago) |
"The internet" is everything; I believe this sentence refers to the websites accessible by the general public. "Authors' websites" is a fairly limited segment of green open access. |
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[[WP:Independent sources|Independent]] and [[WP:RS|reliable]] sources are vital for creating encyclopedia articles. Reliable sources allow editors to [[WP:V|verify]] that claims in an article are ''accurate''. The higher the quality of the source for the statement it backs up, the more likely that statement is to be accurate. Independent sources help editors to write ''[[WP:NPOV|neutrally]]'' and to prove that the subject has ''[[WP:N|received note]]''. Wherever possible, editors should aim to use sources that are independent and highly reliable for the subjects they write about.
Many of the best sources are not available online, or are only available under subscription. For example, many books are not available online at all, and subscription to academic databases such as [[JSTOR]] can be fairly expensive. However, it is possible to use the
== Types of sources ==
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