Search Strategies
- Start with Wikipedia.
- Check for articles on Snowden from major news sources
- Sources such as: The New York Times, NPR (National Public Radio), BBC, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, etc.
- Note: As a PSU student, faculty or staff member you have full access to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal through our newspaper readership program (see here for details).
Evaluate Your Sources
Fact-Check your sources using the SIFT method!
- Stop. Do you know this source (the author, the website, the publication)? Is it trustworthy? If you're not sure, dig deeper.
- Investigate the source. Open up a new tab and Google the source. See if you can find more information about it on Mediabiasfactcheck.com, Snopes, or other fact-checking websites.
- Find trusted coverage. Determine the claims your source is making. Look for more information about those claims in sources you trust. Google the claim.
- Trace claims, quotes, and media back to the original context.
Caulfield, Mike. "SIFT (The Four Moves)". HapGood, https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/. Accessed March 26, 2020.