Evaluating Information

Business, Media & general Fact Checkers:

Snopes is an independent, nonpartisan website which researches urban legends and other rumours. 

Politifact reports on claims in news and the political domain. It is hosted by the US Poynter Institute.

Reuters News Fact Checking Service:

Poynter: the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 

Reality Check: the BBC's monitoring and fact checking news service

FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is claimed in news releases.

AP Fact Check: The Associated Press non -profit news agency. Fact checks news and politics.

Science & Engineering Fact Checking sites

iHealth Facts:  is compiled by Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), Evidence Synthesis Ireland and Cochrane Ireland based in NUI Galway. It provides an online platform where people can check the current evidence for health claims.

Healthfeedback.org​ is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in health and medical media coverage.

SciCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is claimed in science and STeM related news

Sense about Science dispels media generated myths in the health sciences using their 'ask for evidence' guides.

WHO monitors and debunks myths in the health and biochemical sciences.

CTRL-F is a Canadian news literacy program to provide students with a the tools to find and filter information online. 

In a nutshell: 

• Take responsibility for your own research.
• Use evaluation criteria and be aware of parody, fake and misleading sites.
• Use scholarly and academic sources where possible. See the Library Subject Guides for more information.
• Use a minimum of 5 academic sources to back up your argument - use more if you can!