Evaluating information entails identifying good quality digital content by applying evaluation criteria.
Note: "Digital Fluency" is "Digital Literacy" renamed by SSG in 2019.
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This guide by Meriam Library California State University provides a list of questions to help you evaluate the information you find. It is useful to know the evaluation criterias so we will be able to use depending on the situation or need.
Web Resources
- CRAAP test: evaluating source credibility California State University developed the CRAAP test to help evaluate the credibility of a source.
- CRAAP test for evaluating websites by Eastern Michigan University Apply the CRAAP test when you search for information to determine whether it is accurate and reliable.
- Evaluating information: Critical thinking in the digital age This guide by Digital Fluency Academy provides different resources that are useful for teaching aids.
Fact-Checking Websites
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- Evaluate Online Information by Digital Life @Polys After retrieving resources on your topic, it is important for you to evaluate the information found and learn the skills to spot real and fake news.
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LinkedIn Learning Videos- Evaluate Information
- Criteria for evaluating information This video shows the strategies for finding information, from a library, archive, database, or the Internet and the ethics of using it.
- Develop media literacy This video covers how to safely access information online,.
- Evaluating online information This video equips professionals with the basic skills they need to evaluate online information.
NLB Resources
- Combating fake news These sources will help you discern the reliability of the information that you have read.
- S.U.R.E research guide The National Library Board (NLB) launched the S.U.R.E. campaign to highlight the importance of information literacy and information discernment skills. S.U.R.E. stands for: Source – ensuring the source of information is credible and trustworthy; Understand – searching for facts rather than opinion; Research – investigating and comparing the information with different sources; and Evaluate – looking at issues from different angles and exercising fair judgement.
- S.U.R.E campaign Learn how to safeguard yourself and others against online falsehoods by using the National Library Board’s S.U.R.E. steps.