Eastern View High School Library: Fake / False News

Welcome to snopes.com, the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Use the search box above to locate your item of interest, or click one of the icons below to browse the site by category.

The site's goal is to "apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding."

Dubbed your "email reality check," TruthOrFiction.com helps bust eRumors. Its website says, "Get the truth about rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, hoaxes, scams, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests, calls to action, and other forwarded emails."

Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools

Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources.

This page is organized to combine the two techniques into a process that begins with looking at your search results from a search engine or other source, follows through by investigating the content of page, and extends beyond the page to what others may say about the page or its author(s).

The purpose of this page is to provide guidelines that may be used to determine the quality and accuracy of the information found on the World Wide Web.