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Evaluating Information Sources

Nicholas Mignanelli, J.D., M.L.I.S. Reference & Instructional Services Librarian

“Eight Simple Rules for Evaluating Information Quality”

Rule 1: Consider the Source

Rule 2: Check the Author

Rule 3: Check the Date

Rule 4: Check Your Biases

Rule 5: Read Beyond the Headlines

Rule 6: Examine Supporting Sources

Rule 7: Is It a Joke or Prank?

Rule 8: Ask the Experts

My Email: nmignanelli@law.miami.edu

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Position: Senior Lecturer & Spruill Family Fellow in Law & Religion Institution: Emory University School of Law Education: SJD, LLM, Emory University School of Law; JD, New York University School of Law; BA, Yeshiva University

Position: Weekly columnist for the New York Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor Education: BA, Harvard University Other Publications: The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians (2016) The New York Post is an American daily newspaper that is primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding

• area. It is the 13th-oldest newspaper in the United States,

and it had the sixth-highest circulation in 2009.

“Earlier this spring, headlines around the world trumpeted an exciting bit of news that seemed too good to be true: ‘Eating chocolate ... can even help you LOSE weight!’ … The problem? The study they were based on was pure junk. And the person behind it, John Bohannon, would be the first to tell you that. …Bohannon, a science journalist who also has a Ph.D., lays out how he carried out an elaborate hoax to expose just how easily bad nutrition science gets disseminated in the mainstream media.”