LibGuides: How to Combat Misinformation with SIFT: SIFT Method

SIFT Method

SIFT is a more recent evaluation strategy developed by digital literacy expert Michael Caulfield (Washington State University Vancouver) to help you judge whether or online content can be trusted for credible and reliable information

SIFT: Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace: What is SIFT?
This is a LibGuide created by the Wayne State University Library System.
SIFT Method - SIFT: Source Analysis
This is a LibGuide created by the University of Oklahoma Libraries.
Evaluating Information : SIFT (The Four Moves)
A guide to evaluating information designed and created by Clark College Librarians
Hapgood | SIFT (The Four Moves) by MIKECAULFIELD
A Blog post dated June 19, 2019 by Mike Caulfield
Checkology
Checkology’s lessons and other resources show you how to navigate today’s challenging information landscape. You will learn how to identify credible information, seek out reliable sources, and apply critical thinking skills to separate fact-based content from falsehoods.
Seven Steps for Staying Sharp Online

SIFT Courses

Check Please Starter Course
In this course, we show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about 30 minutes apiece.
Evaluate Web Content with SIFT
This course will take you through the basics of quick source and claim-checking, and introduce you to the "four moves" of SIFT — a series of actions to take when encountering claims and sources on the web.
Sifting Through the Coronavirus Pandemic

Lateral Reading

Lateral Reading
This is a guide created by Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Intro to Lateral Reading Lesson
This lesson introduces students to lateral reading, a strategy for investigating who's behind an unfamiliar online source by leaving the webpage and opening a new browser tab to see what trusted websites say about the unknown source.
Lateral Reading
This is a part of a guide on Evaluating Online Information created by Iowa University Libraries.
Piedmont Virginia Community College | How do I read laterally?
This guide will help students learn how to read laterally, a key fact checking skill.
College Success
This course provides resources for first-year college students on the path to academic and life success. Time management, effective methods of communication, career exploration, and practical tools for academic achievement are a few of the topic areas covered.
What Lateral Reading Really Means
Lateral Reading vs. Vertical Reading: Differences and Benefits
Northwest Arkansas Community College | SIFT

Online Verification Skills

Online Verification Skills Videos

These four videos were produced in 2018 by Mike Caulfield, founder of the SIFT method.

Online Verification Skills Video 1 Introductory Video
The Stanford research report, Lateral Reading: Reading Less and Learning More When Evaluating Digital Information, can be found here:
Online Verification Skills Video 2: Investigate the Source
Online Verification Skills Video 3: Find the Original Source
Online Verification Skills Video 4: Look for Trusted Work

Articles

The art of the real: fact checking as information literacy instruction
Addy, Jamie M. Reference Services Review; Bradford Vol. 48, Iss. 1, (2020): 19-31. DOI:10.1108/RSR-09-2019-0067

The Art of the Real Fact Check

What Fact-Checkers Know About Media Literacy—and Students Should, Too
Professional fact-checkers use a strategy that’s at odds with how we usually teach information literacy. Here’s how to pass it on to your students.
Should you trust media bias charts?
Lateral reading: College students learn to critically evaluate internet sources in an online course
From Misinformation Review, FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Joint statement by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC
Infodemic Meaning