MERLOT Materials

The Surgeon General’s Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation provides specific guidance to individuals,... see more

In 10 episodes, John Green will teach you how to navigate the internet! We’ve partnered with MediaWise, The Poynter... see more

This infographic nicely summarizes an effective way to read a scholarly article. It is accompanied by a video, which is... see more

Engaging graphics, compelling examples, and easy-to-understand explanations make Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to... see more

A short course for students to increase their proficiency in analyzing and interpreting data visualizations. By... see more

First Draft provides resources, research and training for reporting and sharing information that emerges online.

This chapter presents the most commonly discussed theoretical models of the search process: the standard model, the... see more

Good researchers have a host of tools at their disposal that make navigating today’s complex information ecosystem much... see more

This Surgeon General report urges all Americans to help slow the spread of health misinformation during the COVID-19... see more

Improve your Google search skills with our Power Searching and Advanced Power Searching online courses. Learn tips and... see more

Media Literacy in the Age of Deepfakes aims to equip students with the critical skills to better understand the past and... see more

This guide covers much of what you need to know about identifying and avoiding fake news. It explains what it is (and... see more

The editors of Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom bring together stories, theories, and research... see more

To find what you're looking for, it may be necessary to tap into the invisible web, the sites that don't get indexed by... see more

This three-part online self-paced tutorial addresses intellectual property, visual literacy and using or creating with... see more

See issues and political news with news bias revealed. Non-partisan, crowd-sourced technology shows all sides so you can... see more

Credder allows journalists and the public to review articles, measuring the credibility of every article, author, and... see more

Google's free tool dataset tool enables users to search 25 million publicly available datasets. The search tool includes... see more

The Danish Think Tank for Libraries of the Future used a mixed research method to examine digital behavior in Denmark.

This website focuses on claims about the black community in public debate.

Canada's political fact-checker: Independent. Transparent. Non-partisan.

This community college library guide lists sites to help students evaluate news sources, and suggests assignments on... see more

This Library Guide provides tools and resouirces for identifying and combatting fake news.

This series of information literacy modules will help post-secondary students in the health sciences (especially Nursing)... see more