Which web sites do you look at for accurate, factual information?

Mostly NHS website - all things health and then BMJ, Lancet, GP other learned journals.

Gov.uk

England Netball

England Golf

My WI

I look for 'ac' or 'ed' in the address. And for reportage I trust the Guardian as it's paid for by its readers not owners.

newdiscourses.com can be good too.

Among others

ourworldindata.org
and
humanprogress.org

Fullfact for factual versions of misleading news items.
fullfact.org/

Snopes for possible wind-ups/fake news

Byline Times for news accuracy - not infallible but a good place to start.

Google Scholar for fact checking when what seem to be spurious claims are made, and Academia.edu if they are supposedly based on research.

Otherwise, places like the NHS website, and addresses with .gov or '.ac.uk' in the url. I'm wary of .com ones, as they are commercial, but as always, it depends what I'm looking for.

Like most, probably, I tend to start with Google if it's a general 'who's he again? What else was he in?' sort of query, and I love Shazam for finding music I only know by the tune.

I sometimes check police accounts on Twitter if there are rumours on local FB about things supposedly happening in the area. Again, they aren't going to compromise an inquiry, but it's surprising what does go on there.

scambusters.org/ looks at scams.

Like Monica, the sites I look at vary according to what it is I want to know. I also make a point of looking at more than one site on a subject, Very often I find that they differ in the detail. A small variation from two or three experts ( and I try to check the background of those experts) is natural and shows what the consensus is. If they are poles apart that indicates that there is more than one viewpoint and more research is needed, plus a bit of commonsense.

There are some good sites which examine and judge way-out theories that don't have any real evidence to back them up. Quackwatch is one for medical claims.

Thanks lemsip, I've had a look - but I'd have to trawl through them all to see if my 'scam' had been posted. The Age UK site have them in a logical order of receipt, text/mail etc.

Since my roof blew off and I was referred to 'Which' for approved insurers, I go on their web site quite a lot now. I paid for a trial and with the looming energy costs decided to cancel - they've offered me six months for £4.99. One less coffee and cake a week!

What sites i look at depends on the question I am asking. For health it is NHS or a number of reputable American ones - the Mayo Clinic for example -

Age UK definitely because their site is comprehensive and I was a volunteer Home Visior with them for 10 years.

There are many ways of checking on the reliability and repute of a site you are not familiar with. For example I gave a link to a financial site this afternoon. I hadn't heard of it, but before I posted it searched a round and found that it is included by 'Which' in a round-up of similar institutions, which I reckoned was a reasonable suggestion tthat it was reliable.

go on the 'Scams and Fraud' page which you'll find by going to..Forums top of page , they are in alphabetical order.....

I use Google search for all my searches.....