Research Success for High School Students
STEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND CONT.
SUMMARY: See Know Your Sources, Is It Scholarly?, and How to Identify Fake News in 10 Steps handouts for suggestions on evaluating the quality of the books, articles, and online sources you located.
Watch on YouTube: How to find citations and references and The Problem with Fake News
If you have found too many or too few sources, you may need to narrow or broaden your topic. If you get stuck, ask a librarian for help.
Fact-Checker
Fact-checking websites can help you investigate claims to help you determine whether what you hear or read is true. These resources can help you determine the legitimacy of a claim, but even fact-checking websites should be examined critically.
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FactCheck.orgA project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center that checks the accuracy of political statements, news, and claims
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PolitiFactRun by the Tampa Bay Times (which is owned by journalism school the Poynter Institute), this site checks and ranks political claims
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Snopes.comThis site, which has operated since 1995, fact-checks urban legends, rumors, and news
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The Poynter Institute / Fact-Checking ResourcesThe Poynter Institute serves as the world’s leading resource for journalists to engage and inform the public in democratic societies.
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Media Bias/Fact CheckAims to call biased or deceptive news and media practices
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Washington Post Fact CheckerFact checks political and governmental topics
Image Verification
Upload an image or use image URL to identifying the creators, similar pictures, and other instances of its use on the internet.
Use street view to verify locations in suspicious photos.
Upload an image or use image URL to see a list of sites that also use the image.
Identifies parts of an image that may have been modified after the image's creation.
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