# Verification Resources

[Misinformation & Verification Resources](https://ncoc.groovehq.com/kb/2189409399/articles/edit/1640983200)

[Social Media & Misinformation Basics](https://ncoc.groovehq.com/kb/2189409399/articles/edit/1640983200)

Articles, webinars, and training materials to help you understand the online information environment, and how to verify claims you've found online.

### **The Basics** <a href="#id-6u81xogfr9d1" id="id-6u81xogfr9d1"></a>

We recommend the First Draft[ **"Essential Guides"**](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/first-drafts-essential-guide-to/) series, which covers all of the basics of social media monitoring and verification, and are available in English,[ Spanish](https://firstdraftnews.org/?post_type=long_form_article\&p=14338),[ French](https://firstdraftnews.org/?post_type=long_form_article\&p=14325),[ Italian](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/first-draft-guida-essenziale/), [Portuguese](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/guia-essencial-da-first-draft/),[ German](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/essentielle-leitfaden/), and[ Hindi](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/essential-guides-hindi/).

The Essential Guides cover:

* [Understanding Information Disorder](https://firstdraftnews.org/?post_type=long_form_article\&p=12139)
* [Verifying Online Information](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/verifying-online-information/)
* [Newsgathering and Monitoring on the Social Web](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/newsgathering-and-monitoring-on-the-social-web/)
* [Closed Groups, Messaging Apps and Online Ads](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/closed-groups-messaging-apps-and-online-ads/)

### **Verification on Mobile** <a href="#amfuiapfr56q" id="amfuiapfr56q"></a>

If you mostly use your phone for monitoring misinformation, check out First Draft's webinar[ Verification on the go: How to use your phone to verify online material](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3U0-F4Zvo\&t=2098s)

### **Deeper Dives** <a href="#q4p5wsmpctoa" id="q4p5wsmpctoa"></a>

[Too much information: a public guide to navigating the infodemic](https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/too-much-information/), By the First Draft staff

[Verification Handbook For Disinformation And Media Manipulation](https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/verification-3), Edited by Craig Silverman (available in English, Italian, German, Arabic, and Turkish)