Many patrons have a difficult time identifying trustworthy information on the Internet, especially stories shared on social media. The information literacy resources listed below can help bridge that gap. These can be given to patrons directly, used as part of an information literacy presentation, or shared with staff as a refresher for themselves.
Fakey
This game, created and hosted by the Network Science Institute at Indiana University, is designed to simulate a social media newsfeed. Players click through examples and say whether they would Share, Like or Fact-Check the piece of news. Users test their willingness to share unreliable information.
News statements quiz
https://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/news-statements-quiz/
The Pew Research Center created this simple quiz to test whether statements are fact or opinion. In the end, the user can find the percentages of correct other users, along with demographic information about those users.
Hoaxy
This product is created by the collaborative group OSoMe, the Observatory on Social Media. Once you log in and select a topic, Hoaxy will create a timeline and show how stories are retweeted and whether the accounts are “bot-like” or likely human. One downside is that you do need to grant access to your Twitter feed to use this feature. This may be too esoteric for most patrons but can help explain how information is disseminated on Twitter.
Resources for fact checking
The big three sites for fact-checking stories on the web are likely well-known to librarians at the reference desk: FactCheck.org, Snopes.com, and PolitiFact.
FactCheck.org, from The Annenburg Public Policy Center, fact-checks current news in an article. Articles link to primary source documents. Users can search by topic, issues, or people.
Snopes.com is run by a private company and has advertisements on its site. While there are political stories on the website, the source is best used for looking into stories that tend to go viral on social media.
PolitiFact.com, run by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, fact-checks statements from public figures and journalists. The website uses a Truth-O-Meter to rate the accuracy of statements and then provides justification for the ranking. This is a great resource to find quick answers for patron questions about the accuracy of information.
Hopefully these resources help you in your efforts at the reference desk. What other resources or websites do you use to track the reliability of information on the Internet?
OLC - RISD 
Great information. Thank you.