Change your search starting point
some general websites to explore
Below are 7 different starting points to try. Results will vary depending on your topic and keywords you use.
Listen Notes - Search podcast episodes.
Google News - Start here to search for news articles or by selecting the News tab after conducting a Google search.
AllSides - Search news coverage across publications that generally present different perspectives.
Google Scholar - Search for articles and access results that have a link on the right side.
Google Talk to Books - Discovery relevant passages from books.
Google Dataset Search - Search for datasets related to your topic.
FactCheck.org - Search this IFCN signatory fact-checking website to learn about debated and/or debunked evidence. Others to try out include Snopes and Politifact.
search library databases
We will be exploring some general library databases available to GUHSD students in greater depth starting on these pages:
search news shared across "sides"
What and how is information presented differently?
Search for your topic from a website with a more consistently liberal audience and then from a website with a more consistently conservative audience.
How do sources differ in terms of:
stories covered and highlighted
headlines, titles, and images
pathos: emotional appeals and language
logos: evidence that is presented and how it is framed; evidence that is omitted
