Fourth in this series on research, this episode will focus on strategies for evaluating sources, with a particular focus on Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg's SIFT model.

Transcript here

Additional Materials

• Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg's Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (advertisement for book)
• "Evaluating for Relevancy" and "Evaluating for Credibility" from Choosing & Using Sources:  A Guide to Academic Research
• Amanda Lloyd's "Misinformation and Disinformation"
• Mike Caulfield's "SIFT (The Four Moves)"
• Mike Caulfield's "SIFTing through the Pandemic"
• Mike Caulfield's "Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers"
  • This online book presents an older version of SIFT, but it is still effective. 
• CTRL-F's "Verification Skills 2024" (Video playlist)
• Ellen Carillo and Alice Horning's "Effectively and Efficiently Reading the Credibility of Online Sources"

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