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On Track: Checking source quality & verifying information (In person) In-Person

Overview

This 1 hour workshop covers fact checking and evaluating skills that will help you avoid unreliable sources and build your views and arguments on solid evidence. Being able to critically evaluate information is an important life skill and essential for academic and professional success. This session is relevant to all information consumers.

Key areas covered:

Distinguishing between quality vs unreliable information
Finding authoritative sources
Applying the SIFT fact checking method to verify academic, news media, and social media sources
Evaluating information using the TRAAP checklist

Supporting Resources:

Workshop activity: evaluate the 6 sources that you have already found or the list of sources provided (available via Moodle)
Prepare by exploring the 'Checking sources' section of our Skills at Library training.