Biology: Plants and Civilization: What is a scholarly website?

SCHOLARLY WEBSITES

Websites produced by government departments, representing industry bodies, universities or research centers often contain useful information such as statistics, policies, reports and case studies and are considered scholarly. 

SEARCH

You can limit your search by domain (.gov, .edu., .mil, or .org) when using Google, Bing, etc.

• site:gov plants healthy
• site:edu plants healthy

.org

Be cautious with the domain .org, because .org is usually used by non-profit organizations which may have an agenda of persuasion rather than education.

.edu

Most .edu websites are considered reliable for research, but privately-owned pages from faculty or students might contain inaccurate information.  Usually these websites have a ~ symbol somewhere in the web address.

.gov or .mil

gov and .mil websites are generally acceptable for academic research papers but be sure to check what if any vetting process has been imposed on given reports.

Sources

• Western Sydney University
• Central Michigan University Library
• University of California-Chico