LibGuides: Misinformation March: Articles, Web Resources and Databases

Articles

United Nations: Countering Disinformation
In his report, Countering disinformation for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Secretary-General describes the challenges posed by disinformation and the responses to it, sets out the relevant international legal framework and discusses measures that States and technology enterprises reported to have taken to counter disinformation.
Government of Canada: Online Disinformation
Disinformation spreads online, causing harm to Canada and Canadians. Learn how to identify and fact-check disinformation.
Debunking Handbook 2020
The Debunking Handbook 2020 summarises the current state of the science of misinformation and its debunking. It was written by a team of 22 prominent scholars of misinformation and its debunking, and it represents the current consensus on the science of debunking for engaged citizens, policymakers, journalists, and other practitioners.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a large multi-disciplinary database of more than 3900 magazines, journals, newspapers and trade publications.

ARTSTOR
ARTstor is a nonprofit digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
Canadian Points of View
(EBSCO Publishing) Provides access to essays with differing points of view on current issues. Essays include an overview, arguments, counter-arguments and a guide to Critical Thinking.

Canadian Reference Centre This link opens in a new window
Canadian Reference Centre combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books to create the largest collection of regional full-text content available to Canadian libraries. This database includes leading Canadian periodicals and international (U.S. and U.K) periodicals in full text; full-text reference books; over 87,900 full-text biographies and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Canadian Journal Of Media Studies/Revue Canadienne D'Études Médiatiques
Welcome to The Canadian Journal of Media Studies, an online journal devoted to the pursuit of media studies in Canada, affiliated with the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

Canadian Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to 35 Canadian news sources.