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All 5 challenges of the Spring 2021 Minimizing Misinformation series are ready for you to flex your muscles and test your information fluency skills.

Remember the more challenges you complete, the more prizes you win!

Prizes:
1 challenge = Coveted UCF Libraries Sticker pack
3 challenges = UCF Libraries duckie Temporary Tattoo
5 challenges = Grand prize pack!

• Challenge #1 – Lateral Reading
  Test your lateral reading skills
• Challenge #2 – Identifying Bias
  Test your ability to define and recognize bias in sources.
• Challenge #3 – Evaluating Images
  Test your ability to identify manipulated images!
• Challenge # 4 – Identifying Misleading Graphics
  Test your ability to evaluate charts and infographics! Complete the following challenge to progress on the path to being a savvy information evaluator.
• Challenge #5 – Evaluating News Sources
  Test your ability to evaluate news sources.

Open to UCF students, faculty and staff!

So much news…and not news…so little time! Use these four steps to help you quickly evaluate news items to give you the best opportunity to make informed decisions.

You can view the full Research Tips Thursday series at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

To really understand an academic article you first need to have a handle on the types of research scholars use to explore theories and hypotheses. This tip will introduce quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research.

You can view the full Research Tips Thursday series at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Data is a powerful tool when you need to support an argument, but it can also be used against you! Here are some things to look out for when evaluating data and statistics.

You can view the full Research Tips Thursday series at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Challenge 3 in the Spring 2021 Minimizing Misinformation series is ready to test your knowledge on evaluating images, and if you have completed the first 2 challenges this one brings a special prize, a Libraries ducky temporary tattoo!

Spring 2021 Minimizing Misinformation Challenge 3