Library Guides: Evaluating Sources: Skills & Strategies

Verification Strategies

Video Transcript: Using SIFT to Verify Information
Introducing SIFT
A printable handout from SU libraries about Mike Caulfield's SIFT strategy for verifying news
Evaluating News Sources
A printable handout from SU Libraries with questions to consider about news sources
Consider the Source (handout)
A printable handout from SU Libraries with questions to consider about sources for research projects

Take the Misinformation Susceptibility Test
Think you can beat misinformation? Try this comprehensive test of misinformation susceptibility. It only takes 2-5 minutes!
FakeOut
Can you spot ‘fake news’? Have fun finding the facts with this social media-emulating game.

FactCheck.org
a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
PolitiFact
funded by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, the site uses the Truth-O-Meter to gauge the veracity of claims
Fair.org
A national media watch group, offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.
Snopes
the oldest and largest fact-checking site online