Library: FSSE 1000: Evaluate information

All the information...

If you attended an in-person library orientation you know how much your librarians care about credible information. Rest assured that what you find through the library website has been chosen and vetted. But we can't evaluate the whole internet! Here are some videos, tools, & games that can help you evaluate what you find online.

How to evaluate web content with S.I.F.T.

News literacy

Games to sharpen your skills

Fakeout is a game developed by CIVIX, a Canadian organization dedicated to promoting information literacy.

To play Fakeout, follow this link. Play all the way through and watch the videos in the middle.

Can you do better than your librarians?!

The News Literacy Project has a page with some cool quizzes and tips. How news-literate are you?

How up-to-date are you? Take the weekly New York Times news quiz to find out!

Fact checking sites

Snopes.com
Independent, self-sufficient entity wholly owned by its operators who investigate rumors.
Politifact
PolitiFact is an independent fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.
Factcheck.org
A a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
Washington Post fact checker
Fact Checker is a column in the Washington Post. This is the accompanying website. The purpose is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance. The Post leans left, and so tends to fact-check right-wing claims more than left-wing claims.