Research: Evaluating Sources

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 hereAdditional MaterialsMike 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 ResearchAmanda 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" Comp Notes © 2024 by  Mark Sutton  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0