Evaluating Information Sources

According to the AllSides website, it "exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant" on the news.

A nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.

University of Washington course designed to teach you how to think critically. Look especially at the Tools and Case Studies

FlackCheck.org is the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. The site provides resources designed to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular.

Hoaxy visualizes the spread of claims and related fact checking online.

A project begun in 1994 as an expression of David Mikkelson's interest in researching urban legends that has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet.

The Sunlight Foundation is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses technology, open data, policy analysis and journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all.

A "mythbusting" website about urban legends, Internet rumors, "erumors", e-mail forwards, and other questionable pictures or stories.

The purpose of this websites to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning site researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.

Compare news sources by factual reliability and political bias.

From the Exponent's web site: "The ASMSU Exponent, Montana State University's student newspaper, is published weekly on Thursdays throughout the academic year, with copies available for free at various locations on campus and across Bozeman. Providing news and commentary coverage of events, athletics, campus issues and more, the Exponent serves as a focal point of MSU's student culture."

This database-in-progress is a joint project of the Library and the MSU Exponent.

Compare news sources by factual reliability and political bias.

Lesson plans, activities, suggested tutorials, and handouts for each part of the research process. Resources are included for both in person, and online asynchronous classes.