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Fake News
Learn more about Fake News and Real News resources and how to distinguish them!
Short for Currency, Relievance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose, the CRAAP test has been around for a long time. It was originally developed by librarians at the the University of California - Chico libraries.
Designed primarily to help students evaluate online resources, the SMELL test asks questions related to the Source, their Motivation, the Evidence provided, Logic, and what information might be Left Out.
Also see the guides from the following universities:
