Current Events: A Research Guide

So many things can be learned by reading the day's news or listening to a broadcast. The daily news often becomes the topic for further discussions throughout the day. Online sources of information remain the most current; however, more in-depth coverage may follow in print newspapers. Some Web sites allow you to set up profiles so that news updates can be sent via e-mail, which gives viewers a personalized view of the news. This guide introduces the researcher to some of the basic informational sources on the topic. If you need further assistance, please ask a librarian.

ABCNews.com: http://abcnews.go.com
The Chicago Tribune: www.chicagotribune.com
The Christian Science Monitor: www.csmonitor.com
CNN.com: www.cnn.com
The Dallas Morning News: www.dallasnews.com
Fox News: www.foxnews.com
The Houston Chronicle: www.chron.com
The Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com
The New York Daily News: www.nydailynews.com
The New York Times: www.nytimes.com
The Philadelphia Inquirer: www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/
USA Today: www.usatoday.com
The Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
The Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com

Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com
CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com

Foreign Affairs Magazine
www.foreignaffairs.org
Covers international affairs and foreign policy. Published since 1922. This site features a searchable archives dating back to 1979.

MSNBC Newsweek Frontpage
www.newsweek.com
Online version of the print magazine.

Time Online Edition
www.time.com
Includes specials such as Time's list of most influential people.

U.S. News & World Report
www.usnews.com
World news as reported.

BBC World Service
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offers an array of broadcasting options for world news.

World Press Review
www.worldpress.org
Provides view of the political and economic climate outside of the United States through translating, reprinting, analyzing, and contextualizing the best of the international press from more than 20 languages.

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1st Headlines
http://1stheadlines.com
News headlines from around the world.

Documents in the News, University of Michigan
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
Features links to government publications that have been mentioned in the news.

HeadlineSpot
www.headlinespot.com
Sources for 56 U.S. metropolitan areas, 50 states, 59 countries, 27 industries and dozens of subjects from arts and automobiles to technology and travel.

Newshour Extra with Jim Lehrer
www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
A news site especially for students. Produced by PBS.

Newspage
www.individual.com
Create customized news profile by selecting topics or companies.

Online Newspapers from Around the World
www.ipl.org/div/news/
Links to newspapers. Organized by region and country.

Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com
Lists top headlines from major news sites.