When using internet resources, you need to be careful, as most websites do not undergo peer review. It is therefore important to evaluate the website that you use to get your information from.
Be particularly careful when consulting Wikipedia and similar internet sites as the authority and reliability of the content cannot be guaranteed.
When deciding if a webpage is reliable, you should ask yourself the following questions.
| Reasoning | |
| Who? | Only cite authors who have some credentials that qualify them to talk about the subject. |
| What? | Identify the type of research you need--most online forums, blogs, or presentations are not peer reviewed. |
| When? | Use research from websites that are regularly maintained to insure that the information isn't outdated. |
| Where? | Material should be available on academic websites--pay attention to the quality of the website. Avoid .coms and .nets. |
| Why? | Know why you need the information, and also why the information was published. Avoid biased websites. |
| How? |
Webpages should cite their information so you know how the information was gathered. |
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Helping Accounting 1 students to master the basic techniques of Accounting, Mr. Sazi Mabaso, a Senior Lecturer in the Accounting Department at Rhodes University, presents a series of tutorials on the basic skills covered in the first week of Accounting 1.
A variety of documents dealing with the latest South African National Budget are now available on the National Treasury Website.
The South African Reserve Bank is the central bank of the Republic of South Africa.
South African Reserve Bank's Quarterly Bulletins.
Copies of older publications are available in the Periodicals Store on Level 1 of the Rhodes University Library.
The World Bank website provides an invaluable source of information about the Bank itself and the services that it offers to developing countries throughout the world. It gives access to the Bank’s publications as well as providing information and statistical data about the projects, programmes and research in which the Bank is involved.
The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.
The World Bank Group is implementing a new corporate flagship, Business Ready (B-READY), to assess the business and investment environment worldwide annually.
B-READY improves upon and replaces Doing Business. Updates on the development of the new B-READY project will be published on this website as they become available.
The project's Concept Note (published in December 2022) presents the objectives and approach of the project, as well as basic information on its topics and indicators. The B-READY Manual and Guide and the Methodology Handbook (published in May 2023) build on and develop the Concept Note.
