RESEARCH

DATABASES:

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OTHER VALUABLE RESOURCES:

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Resources for the topics & struggles that impact us all

Resources for teachers and students: science, math, social studies; virtual field trips, etc.

Primary resources & documents about NY State

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What is a Database?

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Is that true?

Fact Checker websites to check the validity of assertions, claims, and/or referenced facts

Politifact: Pulitzer Prize winning site
FactCheck.org: ”a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania....a nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer advocate for voters."
FlackCheck: “the political literacy companion site to the award-winning FactCheck.org. Provides resources to help viewers recognize flaws in arguments in general and political ads in particular."
OpenSecrets.org: focuses on how money, donations, and lobbying impacts policy; "Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy."
Fact Check (Washington Post): the Washington Post’s site & accompanying column check the veracity of statements made by political figures
Snopes: "The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation."
Duke Reporters' Lab: a database of global fact-checking sites; can be viewed as map or list; also includes how they identify fact-checkers.
International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) fact-checkers’ code of principles:The International Fact-Checking Network "is a forum for fact-checkers worldwide hosted by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies."