SIFT Sources
This box lists resources by and about Mike Caulfield, the originator of the SIFT method. These sources are listed in order of reading time commitment.
- SIFT (The Four Moves)Blog post by Mike Caulfield in 2019. Post on his Hapgood blog on educational technology issues.
- Truth Is in the Network"Mike Caulfield: Truth Is in the Network" (email interview) by Barbara Fister and Margy MacMillan, Project Information Literacy, Smart Talk Interview, no. 31 (31 May 2019).
- Check, Please! Course"In this course, we show you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about 30 minutes apiece. The entire online curriculum is two and a half to three hours and is suitable homework for the first week of a college-level module on disinformation or online information literacy, or the first few weeks of a course if assigned with other discipline-focused homework."
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers by Publication Date: 2017Free eBook, online.
For researcher who want more extensive information on SIFT and web fact-checking.
"This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly."
SIFT info from other libraries
This box highlight guides and pages about SIFT from other academic libraries. These guides provide windows into ways that SIFT is taught and used at other higher education institutions.
- The SIFT Method pagesPages about the SIFT method. Includes related information on Wikipedia and Bias v. Agenda. Information Evaluation guide from Los Angeles Valley College Library.
- SIFT to Find Quality Sources Online (ACC)Guide by Ashley Carr at Austin Community College.
- SIFT to Find Quality Sources Online pageSIFT instructions, part of a guide entitled ENGL 2000: English Composition Research Strategies from Louisiana State University Libraries.