Modern American and World Issues

Altavista News
http://www.altavista.com/news/?q=&nc=5
International news constantly updated. Enter a search term such as government or environment. Pull down the menus to specify top headlines and your region.

Google News
http://news.google.com
“Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously.” Pull down the menu to select the Top Stories of a specific country or enter search terms (China and government) into the box.

Elizabethtown College News Sources
http://www2.etown.edu/vl/newsourc.html#News
Scroll through this list of links of “News Search Engines” and “Other News Sources.” The list is a part of an Internet directory of high-quality resources related to international studies (http://www2.etown.edu/vl/).

News and Newspapers Online
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
A list of news resources from around the world. From the University of North Carolina at Greensborough.

Library of Congress Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
“Portals to the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.” Not all countries have a “Current Events” link, but the categories do usually include the subjects of government, economy, social issues, and culture.

EBSCOhost
http://schools.4j.lane.edu/churchill/library/

1. Select EBSCO from the list of Databases.
2. Click on HS Search.
3. If you’re not at school, enter the User Name and Password. Get these from the library or check the handout you received in class.
4. Select Newspaper Source. (MAS Ultra is the all-purpose high school database.)
5. Enter a search term: Cuba
6. Click on “Full Text”
7. The Results List presents articles, abstracts (summaries), and an HTML and/or
   PDF link.
8. Sort by: Date – the most current articles are first.
9. Use AND between search terms to require that all search terms are in each match (limits results): Cuba and dollars and pesos
10. Get specific search terms by doing a Worldwide Web search first on today’s issues of newspapers (above). Use EBSCO to get your second source.
11. You can print the article and citation or e-mail it to yourself.
12. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to the OSLIS Citation Maker to help you gather and format the citations for your sources.

AP Photo Archive
http://schools.4j.lane.edu/churchill/library/

1. Select AP Photo Archive from the list of Databases.
2. If you're not at school, enter the Username and Password. Get these from the library or check the handout you received in class.
3. Click on Click here to enter and search the archive.
4. Enter search terms in the What field: Guangdong drought China
5. Use AND to focus a search: cuba AND dollars
6. Enter a year in the When field: 2004 or a range of years: From 2003 to 2004.
7. Click on the photo to enlarge it and read the description.
8. Save the image by selecting Download.
9. Save the citation information (the name of the photo, the photographer, the URL, and the date that you accessed the photo).