"Citizen Literacy" - Toolkit from the University of Louisville Libraries
- Citizen LiteracyCitizen Literacy, created by Robert Detmering, Amber Willenborg, and Terri Holtze for University of Louisville Libraries, is an online toolkit that promotes the development of key information skills for democratic citizenship and features short videos, handouts, and activities.
- Be A Fact-Checker: Lateral Reading"Be A Fact-Checker: Lateral Reading" is one of the video tutorials at 'Citizen Literacy,' created by Robert Detmering, Amber Willenborg, and Terri Holtze for University of Louisville Libraries
More on Fact Checking
Starting Benchmarks for Evaluating Quality
Become familiar with the qualities of scholarly / peer reviewed journals, and recognize long-standing reputable newspapers, magazines, and news organizations. Doing so will provide you benchmarks for evaluating information, wherever you find it.
The graphic below is based on the more detailed CRAAP checklist (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose), from the California State University, at Chico.
Internet Domain Names
When using the Web, look at the top level domain identified by the URL:
- .com (commercial organization)
- .edu (educational organization)
- .gov (governmental organization)
- .org (non-profit organization)
The internet domain name can help users to make inferences about the authorship of the posted information.
