Beginner
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
Start: Read Four Moves, Go Upstream and Read Laterally. Older tool interfaces may differ; focus on the methods.
Free full book online; PDF download options at BCcampus.
Digital fluency, information literacy & cyber safety
Information literacy
Trace news, images and claims to their sources, compare evidence and recognise what remains uncertain.
How to learn
Write the precise claim
Separate who, what, where and when. Distinguish an opinion from a claim that can be checked.
Find the original source
Trace a quotation, notice, study or image to its original context. Do not stop at a summary.
Cross-check independently
Investigate the author and organisation elsewhere. Do not count copied pages as independent confirmation.
Explain the evidence and uncertainty
State what is supported, disputed or unknown. Keep the source link and the date you checked it.
Books & guides
Beginner
Verified
Start: Read the introduction and one source-checking example; apply its questions to a claim of your own.
Publisher overview is open; purchase or library access is needed for the full book.
Put it into practice
Research & frameworks
Courses & resources
Civic Online Reasoning — A Little of Everything (opens in a new tab)Free materials; downloading lessons requires a free DIG account.
Start: Intro to Who’s Behind the Information? → Intro to Lateral Reading.
Google Search Help — Search tips (opens in a new tab)Free; no login needed to read the guide.
Start: Read Learn about websites for site: searches, then Publication date.
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (opens in a new tab)Author’s open book; free to read without logging in.
Start: Chapter 7: Go Upstream to Find the Source.