LibGuides: Nursing: Evaluating Information

Fact or Opinion: Can you tell the difference?

Evaluating the News

Check out the Ad Fontes interactive media bias chart and learn more about their methodology here.

Evaluating Websites

You can tell a lot about a website how its web address ends. Here's a handy guide for identifying what type of website it is based on the domain name:

Image by adstarkel / flickr

Helpful Tools & Information

FactCheck.org
Produced by The Annenberg Public Policy Center, FactCheck is "a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
From Headline to Photograph, a Fake News Masterpiece
From the New York Times.
How a Fake News Story Goes Viral
From the New York Times.
How to Outsmart Fake News in Your Facebook Feed
From CNN, "Fake news is actually really easy to spot -- if you know how." A Media Literacy Guide.
How to Spot Fake News
An infographic from the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).
SciCheck
FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.
Six questions that will tell you what media to trust
From the American Press Institute. Ask these six questions and they will unlock whether something is trustworthy.
Snopes.com
Since 1995, Snopes has been tracking down the truth about urban legends, gossip, and rumors on the internet.
VIDEO: Photo Fact-Checking in the Digital Age
From the News Literacy Project at the American Press Institute.

Try out your information sleuthing skills!

Are these websites fake?! Real?!

Another way to test your skills:

Facticious
A game to test your news sense, produced by the AU Game Lab and the JoLT Program.
Facticious: Pandemic Edition