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Scholarly article sources
Scholarly article sources
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Password: trillium
JSTOR - register with your Google Account to read up to 100 free scholarly articles a month.
Tips if you are having difficulty logging in: 1. Make sure you are on your school account.
2. Make sure you are on the amdsb lab server.
Refine web searches
Refine web searches
(For more, look up 'search operators' in google. They often change.)
(For more, look up 'search operators' in google. They often change.)
You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.
Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator.
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Common search techniques
Common search techniques
Search social media
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See Google’s cached version of a site
See Google’s cached version of a site
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Important: Not all search operators return exhaustive results.
(from support.google.com)
Doing research for an article.pdfProcess Checklist.pub.pdf
Kinds of Fake News
Kinds of Fake News
Library guide: fake news- used with permission
There are four broad categories of fake news, according to media professor Melissa Zimdars of Merrimack College.
CATEGORY 1: Fake, false, or regularly misleading websites that are shared on Facebook and social media. Some of these websites may rely on “outrage” by using distorted headlines and decontextualized or dubious information in order to generate likes, shares, and profits.
CATEGORY 2: Websites that may circulate misleading and/or potentially unreliable information
CATEGORY 3: Websites which sometimes use clickbait-y headlines and social media descriptions
CATEGORY 4: Satire/comedy sites, which can offer important critical commentary on politics and society, but have the potential to be shared as actual/literal news
No single topic falls under a single category - for example, false or misleading medical news may be entirely fabricated (Category 1), may intentionally misinterpret facts or misrepresent data (Category 2), may be accurate or partially accurate but use an alarmist title to get your attention (Category 3) or may be a critique on modern medical practice (Category 4.) Some articles fall under more than one category. Assessing the quality of the content is crucial to understanding whether what you are viewing is true or not. It is up to you to do the legwork to make sure your information is good.
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