Truxal Library Special Topic Guide: Election and Voting, Fall 2022
Truxal library encourages everyone to practice their voting rights!
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Website evaluation guide
Resource Guide: Evaluating WebsitesA checklist for assessing the quality of internet resources
Fact Checking Resources
- POLITIFACTPolitiFact.com is a nonprofit project operated by the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, with offices there and in Washington, D.C. Its journalists evaluate original statements and publish their findings on the PolitiFact.com website, where each statement receives a "Truth-O-Meter" rating.
- SNOPESSnopes.com is an independent publication owned by Snopes Media Group. When misinformation obscures the truth and readers don’t know what to trust, Snopes’ fact-checking and original, investigative reporting lights the way to evidence-based and contextualized analysis.
IFLA's How to Spot Fake News
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has created this infographic with eight simple steps (based on FactCheck.org’s 2016 article How to Spot Fake News) to discover the verifiability of a given news-piece in front of you.
This infograph is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Selected eBooks
Ebooks in the library's collection can be accessed from off campus with a library card number. Apply for a free library card now.
Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History [2 Volumes] –by ISBN: 9781440858116Publication Date: 2019-05-31
Faking the News: What Rhetoric can Teach Us about Donald J. Trump. –by ISBN: 9781845409692Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Media Control: News As an Institution of Power and Social Control. –by ISBN: 9781628922943Publication Date: 2015-10-22
The Stewart/Colbert Effect:: essays on the real impacts of fake news. –by ISBN: 9780786486687Publication Date: 2011-05-04
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