When you search for information, you're going to find lots of it. But is it accurate and reliable? You will have to determine this for yourself, and the CRAAP Test can help.
Information can be evaluated by looking at these five criteria:
See our guide on evaluating sources for more information on this process.
For evaluating news sources, take a look at this Media Bias Chart (static version can be found here.)
Reliability of Sources discusses what makes information reliable and explores one model for evaluating reliability (CRAAP). You'll learn to point out and apply criteria that can be used to judge the reliability of information.