# Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

- By: Mike Caulfield
- Publisher: Washington State University Vancouver
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Research_and_Information_Literacy/Web_Literacy_for_Student_Fact-Checkers_(Caulfield))
- Licence: CC BY
- Read at LibreTexts: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Research_and_Information_Literacy/Web_Literacy_for_Student_Fact-Checkers_(Caulfield)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-79130/pdf

The web is both the largest propaganda machine ever created and the most amazing fact-checking tool ever invented. But if we haven't taught our students those capabilities is it any surprise that propaganda is winning? 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.