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.

You found a source that looks great, but is it credible?

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

Evaluating Information - RADAR

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

Evaluating & Fact-Checking Sources

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

Ask a Librarian

Readability Settings

Welcome!

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.

You found a source that looks great, but is it credible?

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.

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.

Advice on evaluating all sources, journal articles, web sources, and discipline-based tips from Harvard College's Writing Program.

Tips for analyzing news sources from Melissa Zimdars, a professor at Merrimack College.

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.

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

Evaluating Information - RADAR

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

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Evaluating & Fact-Checking Sources

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

Readability Settings

Welcome!

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.

You found a source that looks great, but is it credible?

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.

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.

Advice on evaluating all sources, journal articles, web sources, and discipline-based tips from Harvard College's Writing Program.

Tips for analyzing news sources from Melissa Zimdars, a professor at Merrimack College.

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.

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

Evaluating Information - RADAR

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