Evaluating Websites & Internet Sources

This page provides a list of fact checking tools for verifying information online.

• Snopes was started to debunk urban legends but has since gone on to investigate anything that is questionable.  It is reliable.
• Factcheck - Nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
• Scicheck - Focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy. 
• Whois Search: Domain verification
• Your local college and public libraries also offer links to reviewed and reliable websites.

• Health Fraud Scams From the FDA
• Deceptive Patterns - Deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something