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Start Your Research - A Self-Guided Tutorial

A tutorial to take you through the research process.

14 - Blogs, YouTube, Websites

This is great, but most of my sources are blogs, videos I found on YouTube, and public websites. How do I cite those?

A word to the wise—if your assignment requires you to use scholarly sources, and most of your information comes from non-academic blogs, YouTube videos, and websites, you may want to Ask a Librarian how to find scholarly books and articles via the Library's website and/or on the open web.

Speak to a librarian about what may be accepted as a source by your professor, and what other types of sources might need to be discussed as options for your research.

Image of a computer with www.anyone'sblog.com with a red X. And a book with a green checkmark.