Finding and Evaluating Sources - FSEM 100 - Asian History in the Cinema

Evaluating information

Media Bias Chart and Ratings

Media Bias Chart (AdFontes) Use this chart to look up the bias of a newspaper, media site, journal, etc.
Media Bias Rating (AllSides) "AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ make the political leanings of media sources transparent so that you can get the full picture and think for yourself. AllSides has rated over 2,400 sources."

In-class exercise:

RADAR - Evaluating information
Click to see graphic. Adapted from Mandalios, J. (2013). RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources. Journal of Information Science, 39(4), 470–478.

ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
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Select the Stetson Collections Only option to search for items accessible through the duPont-Ball Library.

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See also: Film Studies guide

Reading Writing and Researching for History
Patrick Rael, Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College, 2004)