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Evaluating Sources
- Misinformation, Disinformation and BiasIdentifying misinformation, its various types, and both personal and news media biases.
- CRAAP Test for Evaluating WebsitesEvaluate websites based on Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.
- Criteria for Evaluating Resources - A3BCDEvaluate websites for Authority, Accuracy, Audience, Bias, Currency, and Design.
- Evaluating NewsHow to evaluate news sources.
- Evaluating Sources Worksheet (EMU Library)Use this worksheet to systematically evaluate your information source(s).
Reliability of Sources Tutorial
Reliability of Sources
discusses what makes information reliable and explores one model for evaluating reliability (CRAAP). You'll learn to point out and apply criteria that can be used to judge the reliability of information.
Evaluating News Tutorial
Evaluating News Sources
This interactive lesson explores news sources - particularly, strategies that you can use to evaluate them. Consider these questions: What qualifies as news? Is all content published by a news agency really news? How does geography influence news coverage? What strategies should I use when evaluating news?