New Jersey State Policy Lab Summer Internship
This guide is designed to help the NJ State Policy Lab interns at the Bloustein School complete their summer work.
Evaluating News/Internet Sources
- Build a Fact-Checking Habit by Checking Your Emotionsfrom Mike Caulfield's book "Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers."
- SIFT - The Four MovesA helpful resource and checklist for evaluating internet resources.
from How to Choose Your News from Damon Brown (TED Ed)
Evaluating Scholarly Sources
- Identifying Scholarly Articlesfrom University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Scholarly vs. Popular Sourcesfrom Yale
- The Anatomy of a Scholarly Articlefrom Hunter College - CUNY
- Bias in Researchfrom University of Arkansas Libraries
The ACT UP Evaluation Method, created by Dawn Stahura at Salem State University, is a very helpful tool to help identify privilege and bias, and develop a critical mindset when evaluating scholarly sources and more. For more info about ACT UP and related helpful tools, check out Salem State's LibGuide.
Identifying Mis/Disinformation
- Fake News: It's ComplicatedBy Clare Wardle from First Draft.
Why Do Our Brains Love Fake News? from Above the Noise.
The Seven Types of Information Disorder from First Draft News