Fact Checking Tools

Educational websites that will sometimes have free articles include: sciencedirect.com, daily.jstor.org, tandfonline.com, spartacus-educational.com, thehastingscenter.org, scholar.google.com, facinghistory.org, science.org, journals.biologists.com, academia.edu and cochranelibrary.com.

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  1. Extensions

  2. ScrapBook X is a Firefox addon based on ScrapBook Plus and also integrating several features from the latest versions of ScrapBook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Firefox
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  3. Pocket icon
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    Save articles to read offline, with browser and app integration across multiple platforms. Enjoy ad-free, dark mode, and text-to-speech features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  4. Archives, Ebooks, & Studies

  5. The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Access over 85.4 million scientific articles for free, bypassing publisher paywalls with Sci-Hub's non-profit shadow library, ensuring knowledge accessibility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Library Genesis is a search engine for articles and books on various topics, which allows free access to content that is otherwise paywalled or not digitized elsewhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. Search engine of shadow libraries: books, papers, comics, magazines. Z-Library, Library Genesis, Sci-Hub. Fully resilient through open source code and data. Spread the word: everyone is welcome here!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  9. Z-Library icon
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    Unlimited access to a vast collection of over 4.9 million books and 77 million articles, offering diverse knowledge resources for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Telegram
    • Tor
    • I2P
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Politics & News

  12. Compares news stories from over 50,000 global outlets, displaying bias, political perspective, and coverage statistics for each story using browser and app tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  13. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Get smarter about the news you read.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
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  15. Snopes icon
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    Snopes is a website covering urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of unknown or questionable origin. It is a well-known resource for validating and debunking such stories in American popular culture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  16. AllSides icon
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    See issues and political news with news bias revealed. Non-partisan, crowd-sourced technology shows all sides so you can decide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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