![\"ErynLogo\"](\"http:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ErynLogo-300x300.jpg\")
<\/p>\nEryn Brennan
\nIn Motion Staff Writer<\/p>\n
The public is constantly being inundated with information about the upcoming election, some of it accurate, some of it not. With the 24-hour news cycle, the many debates, speeches, and of course, all of the information floating around on the Internet, it can be difficult to know what can be trusted. Luckily, Daytona State College\u2019s Library Research Guide for the 2016 election has students covered.<\/p>\n
The election guide, which is run by Technology Services Librarian Cheryl Kohen, Instruction and Reference Librarian Dustin Weeks, and Faculty Services Librarian Rachel Owens, is a way for students to gather the valuable information they need to make an informed decision about the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll students, at least those who are 18 and older, should be voting, and they need information that is unbiased, that can help them make up their minds about who to vote for and the research guide is created for that purpose,\u201d says Owens.<\/p>\n
Kohen, Weeks and Owens organize the information by subject, proofread and continuously keep the guide updated.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s \u201cjust to give information about selecting, learning more about the candidates, finding unbiased news reporting, knowing where to find some information beyond a generic Google search,\u201d explains Kohen.<\/p>\n
In the research guide, students will find different tabs with subjects ranging from election news and the issues candidates are talking about to voter information. When you click on a tab, it brings you to a page with links to credible websites.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a link called \u2018News, Polls, and Issues.\u2019 We\u2019ll link to resources that will provide polling. For example, RealClearPolitics.com, we have a link that goes directly to the latest election polls. There\u2019s the Gallup election polls, this is going to be very current information coming from a credible source,\u201d says Kohen.<\/p>\n
If a student is undecided on who they\u2019re going to vote for, there are also links to websites that give information on the candidates, so students can see which issues a given candidate supports and if that candidate\u2019s views align with their own.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s lots of information. There\u2019s current news, polls, different issues that are being discussed during the election; there\u2019s links to the candidates: who\u2019s running, who\u2019s dropped out, who\u2019s still there; and then links to information about each of the candidates, both the Democrat and Republican, third party candidates that are being run, primary dates,\u201d says Weeks.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, politicians aren\u2019t always known for their honesty. So if a student wants to know how much \u201cspin\u201d a candidate has put on a certain issue, there are links to websites that can help them discern the truth.<\/p>\n
For example, \u201cthere\u2019s a site called FactCheck.org and there\u2019s one called PolitiFact.com and what these two sites do \u2014 they\u2019re non-partisan \u2014 and what they do is they check the validity of when candidates make a statement or say something in a speech or in a debate, they will fact check those and see if they\u2019re correct or incorrect. They do it for candidates from both parties,\u201d Weeks says.<\/p>\n
To access the guide, go to researchguides.daytonastate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eryn Brennan In Motion Staff Writer The public is constantly being inundated with information about the upcoming election, some of it accurate, some of it not. With the 24-hour news cycle, the many debates, speeches, and of course, all of the information floating around on the Internet, it can be Continue reading Accurate election resources for students<\/span>