Our topic is the safety and effectiveness of Vitamin C megadosing. We're looking for credible websites that we can cite as scholarly sources. We come upon the following site:
Dr. Andrew Saul: The MegaVitamin Man, High-Dose Vitamin C, & DIY Health
https://fatburningman.com/dr-andrew-saul-the-megavitamin-man-high-dose-vitamin-c-diy-health/
The website matches our topic pretty well. And the source for the information is a doctor. But some aspects of the website make us wonder about its value as a scholarly source:
Nevertheless, we wonder whether the researcher cited as an authority on the webpage, Dr. Andrew Saul, might be a credible expert on this topic.
Let's learn more about Dr. Andrew Saul. We could look him up in Google Scholar to see whether he's published on this subject in scholarly journals. Go to Google Scholar and type in the following search exactly:
"Andrew Saul" vitamin C
Let's find out more about the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. Take a look at its Wikipedia entry.
We could keep going, and it's entirely possible that what Dr. Saul has to say is accurate, but at this point, how do we feel about citing the work that we've seen from Dr. Saul in our research as high-quality scholarly sources of information on Vitamin C megadosing?