Using SIFT to Evaluate Sources - English 101 - Stewart - Spring 2023

The SIFT Method - An Introduction

The SIFT Method, developed by Mike Caulfield, is also known as "The Four Moves" and provides more tools to help you evaluate sources.

SIFT (The Four Moves)
This blog post, written by Mike Caulfield, the creator of the SIFT Method, summarizes the four steps of the method.

SIFT: Evaluating Web Content

This video, by Wayne State University Library System, offers a brief introduction to the SIFT Method.

Tools to Verify Sources

The GCC Library offers a workshop to improve your News & Media Literacy skills. The sources listed here are covered in this workshop and can help you fact check your sources.

Snopes
Founded in 1994, Snopes provides fact-checking and original reporting. (Adapted from Snopes "About Us" page.)
PolitiFact
"PolitiFact is a nonpartisan fact-checking website to sort out the truth in American politics. PolitiFact was created by the Tampa Bay Times, a Florida newspaper, in 2007. In 2018, PolitiFact was acquired by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit school for journalists." -- from PolitiFact website, "Who Pays for PolitiFact?" page.
FactCheck.org
"We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics . . . FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." -- from FactCheck.org website, "Our Mission" page.