Your PC Library subscribes to several databases that include reliable newspapers, news magazines, and broadcast news transcripts. Keep in mind that these sources will include opinions as well as facts. Use the strategies on the “Evaluating Sources” page to help you determine the purpose and accuracy of specific articles you find.
To access these resources from off campus, you will need to log in with your MEID and password:
The following news websites are generally considered to be reliable and unbiased. Keep in mind that some articles may present opinions as well as fact.
Whenever you are reading the news, don't be a passive reader. Instead, be sure to engage in critical thinking about the topic and the article itself. Critical thinking is the ability to generate questions that help you to evaluate the information and ideas within a news source.
Remember that information is created by someone and comes from somewhere. So, consider who the author and publisher of the news source is. Also, take time to consider the context (other things happening at the time) of an article, and evaluate the evidence that supports the news source. Keeping these aspects in mind will help you to critically analyze your news information.
For more help, take a free course on how to critically analyze the news.
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