How to quickly evaluate a website
- Authority - who is behind the website?
- Bias - is the information biased?
- Currency - when was the site updated?
- Documentation - are the sources cited?
WHO IS??? Find out who is really behind a website . . .
- Free WHOIS lookupSearch domain name registration records
- Domain WHOIS Lookup ToolDiscover everything about a domain name.
Enter the URL of a website and learn the name of the owner and what organization is behind the site. You might be surprised!
Evaluating Websites
Finding reliable information
- Evaluating Websites - Tutorial(University of Kansas Libraries)
- Evaluating Websites (tutorial)(Oklahoma City Comm. College)
- Evaluate Web Pages(Widener University) Tutorial and exercises help to evaluate the quality of information on the Web.
- Who is?Enter the URL of a website and learn the name of the owner and what organization is behind the site. You might be surprised.
- Evaluating AccuracyThis video will explain how to evaluate the accuracy of information when using it in research. (EasyBib)
- Determining RelevanceThis video will explain how to quickly determine if a source is appropriate for your topic. (EasyBib)
- Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!(UCLA College Library)
How critical an observer are you? Learn how to evaluate information sources. - Whales in the Minnesota River?Only on the Web, Where Skepticism Is a Required Navigational Aid
- ICYouSee: T is for Thinking. A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the World Wide WebThis guide, originally created for use by students at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, has been designed to explore questions relating to using the World Wide Web as a research tool and to challenge you to use the Web wisely and efficiently.
Evaluating a website's purpose
Wikipedia - What is right and wrong with it?
Wikipedia may provide accurate background information, but it must be verified and should not be cited as a source. The bibliographies and related links that follow Wikipedia entries can be very useful and reliable sources that are often appropriate to cite in research papers.
TIPS on using Wikipedia efficiently and wisely - See tutorial below.
Fact Checking
Crash Course - Navigating Digital Information #3
Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at this video. Today, John Green is going to teach you how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking can help you figure out what's real and what's not on the internet. (2019)
How to Spot Fake News
Why you can't depend on Wikipedia
Recognizing Fake News
Fake news, propaganda, and plain old lies : how to find trustworthy information in the digital age by Publication Date: 2018Available via the Internet. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
A matter of facts : the value of evidence in an information age by Publication Date: 2019"A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age highlights the critical value of records and archives as sources of evidence: as vital tools for supporting human rights and enforcing public responsibilities across society"--
Journalism and Truth in an Age of Social Media by Publication Date: 2019
News Literacy: the Keys to Combating Fake News by Publication Date: 2018Available via the Internet. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
Detecting Fake News on Social Media by Publication Date: 2019Available via the Internet. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
News Literacy : global perspectives for the newsroom and the classroom by Publication Date: 2011
Fighting Fake News! : teaching critical thinking and media literacy in a digital age by Publication Date: 2017
News Literacy: helping students and teachers decode fake news by Publication Date: 2017
Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy : mapping the politics of falsehood by Publication Date: 2019Available via the Internet. Licensed for all KU students, faculty, and staff connecting to the Internet.
