Books/Book Chapters

Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly Articles

Newspapers/Magazines/Blogs

Newspapers/Magazines

  • Additionally, explore the Newspaper guide for further resources.

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Evaluating Sources

Evaluation of sources on the Internet

  • Evaluation the potential sources through lateral reading of the website.
    According to a study by Wineberg and McGrew (2017):
    "Historians and students often fell victim to easily manipulated features of websites, such as official-looking logos and domain names. They read vertically, staying within a website to evaluate its reliability. In contrast, fact checkers read laterally, leaving a site after a quick scan and opening up new browser tabs in order to judge the credibility of the original site."

Stanford History Education Group
See also How to Find Better Information Online: Click Restraint by Stanford History Education Group