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Unit District No. 5

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Research Assistance

Researched Paper

The Unit 5 English department has created the U5 Research Paper Handbook to assist students.

Bibliography Resources

How to use MyBib (video)

How to add the MyBib Chrome Extension (video)

Annotated Bibliography Guides

Purdue OWL -- Annotated Bibliography Guide

Cornell University Library -- Annotated Bibliography Guide

Research Tutorials

Website Evaluation Guide

Media Bias

S.I.F.T Method

Web accessible version

*Design layout for SIFT based on shared image from the University of Oregon

Tips For Spotting Misinformation

Fake News Resources & Articles

Fact-Checking Sites:

To check if a fact-checker is reliable, see if they’ve signed on to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles

Fake News Articles & Research:

False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” Sources by Melissa Zimdars (2016)
Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Literacy - Research study by Stanford History Education Group (2016)
Truth, Truthiness, Triangulation, and the Librarian Way: A News Literacy Toolkit for a Post-truth World by Joyce Valenza (2016)
Why Students Can't Google Their Way to the Truth By Sam Wineburg and Sarah McGrew (2016)
Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds by Camilla Domonoske (2016)

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