An online research management platform including a bibliography composer and note-taking features.
What is it?
NoodleTools is a resource that allows students to evaluate resources, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. it generates accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian references with options to annotate and archive lists of documents. It offers a visual 'tabletop' to manipulate, tag and pile notecards, then connect them in outlines to prepare for writing. Why use it?
Use this resource if you are looking for an all-in-one resource to assist with note-taking, citations, and pre-writing projects.
Created by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, professors at the University of Washington, this real course syllabus contains extensive readings that can help you learn to spot and debunk bad information, hoaxes, and conspiracies.
Created by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, FactCheck.org is a website that works to debunk conspiracy theories and correct misinformation. The site contains sections on science, social media, and political ads, as well as articles on current affairs.
This website, created by the Poynter Institute, evaluates comments from politicians and social media for accuracy, ranking them from Pants on Fire false to True. Each evaluated fact has a quick overview briefly stating the accuracy of a statement, then includes a longer article on the origins of the statement and the background used to affirm or deny its accuracy.
This website evaluates the accuracy of facts and stories often found circulating the internet. Articles are included with each topic to explain truth rankings. Snopes also features articles on hot topics from around the world.
Here are five facts about how much Americans have heard about the QAnon conspiracy theories and their views about them, based on Pew Research Center surveys and analysis.
Published by the Pew Research Center, November 16, 2020.
This study investigates how exposure to and trust in information sources, and anxiety and depression, are associated with conspiracy and misinformation beliefs in eight countries/regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published by Frontiers in Psychology, April 16, 2021.
This research examines the association between pandemic related risk perceptions, belief in conspiracy theories, and compliance with COVID-19 public guidelines.
Published by PLOS One, February 8, 2022.
