Chinese Studies Research Guide: Cite | Evaluate

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics.

BBC Editorial Guidelines

The Guardian News and Media: Editorial Code of Practice and Guidance

New York Times Standards and Ethics

NPR [National Public Radio] Ethics Handbook

Guidelines and Resources to Determine Scholarly Sources 

• Learn how to identify and evaluate academic/scholarly sources. 
   
• Verify if a journal is academic/peer-reviewed using Ulrich's Periodicals Directory.  Type the name of the journal in the search box. On the result screen, look for the peer-review or referred icon next to the journal title. 
   
• Make sure that you select a database that includes scholarly/peer-reviewed/referred journals. For example, JSTOR, ABI-INFORM, and Academic Search Premier all include scholarly journals. 
   
• Use CRAAP criteria to determine if the article is scholarly research. Watch this video about evaluating sources using CRAAP (Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose)

• FactCheck.org

• PolitiFact

• The International Fact-Checking Network 

• Snopes.com

• WP [Washington Post] Fact Checker

• The Journalist’s Resource 

• Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers