What source is most credible?

What source is most credible?
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answer:EB, Encarta, and the like are probably the most credible since they have paid staff to fact check and research everything, but a well written wikipedia article will have tons of references and resources to explore, so if I were researching a subject, I’d look at wikipedia’s footnotes and references and go from there. Just seems to make more sense to me to find small places that specialize in certain types of information, than looking for the epic tome that tries to do everything and answers nothing.
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