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Lateral Reading (Video)

Lateral Reading to Evaluate Online Information

Practice Lateral Reading

Use the link to visit the YouTube video.

You do not have to watch the video. Determine the source providing/creating the video and conduct lateral reading to evaluate the source of the information.

Google trick for limiting web sources

Limit your search to a specific website or domain by using the site: technique. Type site: then the name of your website or domain, with no space after the colon. Then put a space and type your search term(s).

  • Search within a single website = site:nba.com Lebron James
  • Search within a domain = site:.edu "standardized testing"