Being able to evaluate online information is a critical digital skill and one that is increasingly
taught in schools. Students and teachers may have existing evaluative approaches, both …

Canadian middle and high school students (N= 2,278) completed a “CTRL-F” curriculum
teaching them how to evaluate online information by reading laterally to investigate sources …

There is an urgent need to build the public's resilience in the face of disinformation.
Nevertheless, librarians may be hesitant to assume a frontline role in confronting politicized …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how academic librarians tasked with
research instruction can use connections between digital, civic and information literacy to …

The ability to find credible information online is necessary for informed civic engagement in
the 21st century. This need is particularly acute for young people, who often turn to the …

Despite the important role search engines play in finding health information, little systematic
research has looked at the ways in which semantic media complicate this process. An …

Current popular media literacy programs overemphasize the verifiability, reliability, and
expertise of sources over the analysis of how marginalized groups are represented. This …

For almost 20 years, instruction librarians have relied on variations of two models, the
CRAAP Test and SIFT, to teach students how to evaluate printed and web-based materials …

Misinformation has become a regular feature of the Internet. Research suggests that
everyone, including young people who have grown up with digital devices, struggles to …

Much has been written about the potential civic ramifications of online misinformation, and
scholars have identified many useful strategies for helping students discern fact from fiction …