2-Minute Video Tutorials for GALE Databases!

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COVID-19 Reliable Information Sources via NLP
Access Noodletools via G Suite on the right with your GAFE account (longID@cjuhsd.net, shortIDPwd) on Noodletools.com

Sweetsearch.com: Searches only a fully vetted list of sites. 
ScienceDaily.com: Provides reliable, current, CITED articles for science.
Phys.org: ScienceDaily on steroids. For all things technology and science.
​National Geographic Education: Learn about anything you can imagine.
Smithsonian.com: Fascinating, current takes on a variety of topics
JStor Daily: Scholarly news based on academic journals.
​NewsELA: Log in with GAFE account. Current news adapted to reading level.
Smithsonian Tween Tribune: Current Events. Competitor with NewsELA. 
Digital Public Library of America: Primary source sets
Global Oneness Project: Explore world cultures and global issues.

Research

BEATING BIAS (even our own!)

No tool is perfect, but the tools below are a good start to thinking about the reliability and bias of our sources. Are we reading widely to get all sides of an issue, or just sticking with what we agree with? Are we distinguishing between opinions and news? Are we using sources with the highest possible reputation for factual reporting?

​ISTE's "Top 10 Sites to Help Students Check Their Facts"
Allsides.com,  mediabiasfactcheck.com, "Blue Feed, Red Feed" from WSJ
List of ten best fact-based, reliable news sources (with runners up)Newseum.org's "Front Pages"

Checkology.org login 

News Literacy Project: "Get Smart about News" Activities and Quizzes
​Take the Factitious Challenge!