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Evaluating Online Sources

Learn how to evaluate whether a website and its contents are reliable.

Lateral Reading

What is lateral reading?

When investigating a website or other online source, don't trust what the website says about itself. Instead, get off the website, open up a new tab, and see what other authoritative sources have said about the site. 

How Does It Work?

Please watch the short video [3:33] below to learn how lateral reading works in practice.