Guides: Evaluating & Fact-Checking Sources: Home

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It can be tough to determine if your sources are credible or not. This page features resources that will help you figure it out!

Use the tabs to get info on peer-review, "fake" news, and more.

RADAR - Evaluating information
Approach to evaluating information from Mandalios, J. (2013). RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources. Journal of Information Science, 39(4), 470–478.
CRAAP Test
Give your source the "CRAAP Test" to help you decide if it is good or "crap." Download a checklist here. Developed at California State University, Chico.

Harvard Guide to Using Sources
Advice on evaluating all sources, journal articles, web sources, and discipline-based tips from Harvard College's Writing Program.
False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and/or Satirical “News” Sources
Tips for analyzing news sources from Melissa Zimdars, a professor at Merrimack College.
WHOIS database
Did your source come from the web? Look up the URL here to find out who registered the domain. Hosted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers.
Ask a Librarian
Still not sure if the source you found is credible? Ask a librarian to help you figure it out! Contact us at 386-747-9028 or libref@stetson.edu

RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources.
Mandalios, J. (2013). RADAR: An approach for helping students evaluate Internet sources. Journal of Information Science, 39(4), 470–478. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551513478889