Guides: Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation: Critical Evaluation

Easy Acronyms to Help Evaluate Sources

Evaluating Sources: The CRAAP Test
Benedictine University provides resources for the CRAAP test
Five Criteria for Evaluating Resources: AAOCC
RCampus rubric for using AAOCC to evaluate web information.
ACT UP Evaluating Sources
ACT UP guide created by Dawn Stahura, Research & Instructions Librarian for Health and Science, at Salem State University
Sifting Through the Pandemic
Mike Caulfield, digital information literacy expert working at Washington State University, talks through the SIFT method for evaluation of sources.

Checking a Source

Fake News: Let's Check A Claim
A Fordham University guide on Fake News & checking a claim.

Test Your Knowledge

The Factitious Game Platform
Can you tell if these COVID-19 articles are real or fake?
Quiz: Can You Spot the Fake News Story?
A Media Literacy quiz
Fake News Trivia Quiz

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Acknowledgement

This project and the eBook collections noted in this guide were made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services- American Rescue Plan Act Grant: G14524.

Fake News, Misinformation and Disinformation: Critical Evaluation

How to Critically Evaluate Sources

Easy Acronyms to Help Evaluate Sources

Easy Acronyms to Help Evaluate Sources

Checking a Source

Test Your Knowledge

Contact Reference

Acknowledgement