Research Guides: The Truth is Out There: Misinformation, Alternative Facts, and Fake News: Cultivating a Healthy News Diet

Library Resources Can Help You Fact Check

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Articles, reports, videos, and more covering different points of view on controversial issues.
Global Issues in Context
Analyses of global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.

Need to fact-check something? Use these resources to find original peer-reviewed articles.

Academic Search Ultimate
Articles from journals, newspapers, and magazines, along with eBooks on nearly every subject area.
Google Scholar
Broad search for scholarly information.

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Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
International news coverage from 1980 to present.
Newspaper Source
Current newspaper articles from U.S. and international newspapers.

FactCheck.org "nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."
Politifact "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics."
Snopes "The Snopes.com web site was founded by David Mikkelson, a project begun in 1994 as an expression of his interest in researching urban legends that has since grown into the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet, one widely regarded by journalists, folklorists, and laypersons alike as one of the world’s essential resources."
Washington Post Fact Checker "The purpose of this website, and an accompanying column in the Sunday print edition of The Washington Post, is to “truth squad” the statements of political figures regarding issues of great importance, be they national, international or local."
Media Bias / Fact Check "We are the most comprehensive media bias resource on the internet. There are currently 1300+ media sources listed in our database and growing every day."
Open Secrets "Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy."