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General Resources
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 10 X 10: 100 Words and Pictures That Define the Time 
 This site displays a new collage each hour of one hundred ranked images and words harvested from the news at Reuters, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and The New York Times Web sites. It "leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life." Includes an archive and links to sources. http://www.tenbyten.org Topics: Language, News, Photography Last updated Oct 5, 2005 AP News and Google Maps Mashup
This mashup plots selected current Associated Press (AP) news stories superimposed on a Google map or satellite image of the United States. It includes national news, sports, business, technology, and "strange" stories. Clicking on a marker provides a synopsis with a link to the full story as hosted on the site for the San Francisco Chronicle. From a software developer with a degree in computer science. http://81nassau.com/apnews/ Topics: Maps, News, U.S. Maps Last updated Jan 18, 2006 CNN.com
One of the most frequently updated news sites. Has news digest and feature stories and images, covering weather, sports, science and technology, travel, style, entertainment, health, environment, and United States, world, and local news. Past articles can be searched. http://www.cnn.com/ Topics: News, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated May 4, 2005 Documents in the News: Current Events Research
Taken from official sources, this site has full text government documents on such current topics as Arab-Israeli Conflict, Bush Cabinet, California energy crisis, Chandra Levy, Congressional redistricting, election reform, Hanssen spy arrest, Milosevic arrest, Patients Bill of Rights, stem cell research, and World Conference Against Racism, among many others. It also has archives of what was current in the news back to 1995. From the University of Michigan Government Documents center. http://www.lib.umich.edu/government-documents-center/explore/browse/documents-in-the-news/250/search/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, News Last updated Aug 6, 2009 Google Alerts
"Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic"; Google will check for updates "as-it-happens," daily, or weekly. Several types of alerts available: news, Web, blogs, video, and groups. http://www.google.com/alerts/ Topics: News Last updated Oct 5, 2007 Google News Search
News from a variety of major publications and newspapers, updated as events unfold. Searchable; browsable by major categories such as sports, business, technology, regional, and Headline News . http://news.google.com/ Topics: News Last updated May 4, 2005 HeadlineSpot.com
StartSpot Mediaworks has created a searchable free "guide to thousands of the best U.S. and international news sources on the Web." Easily access more than 2600 headlines and thousands of news links by subject, location, industry, or media type. Compiled by journalists, educators, librarians, engineers, and business people. http://headlinespot.com/ Topics: News Last updated May 4, 2005 Hot Topics
Well-organized resource pages on topics of current interest, many offering a special emphasis on Washington state. Previous Hot Topics have ranged from Jeff Bezos to the September 11 terrorist attacks. By librarian Carlos Diaz of the Evergreen State College Daniel J. Evans Library (Olympia, Washington). http://govdocs.evergreen.edu/hotopics/index.html Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, News Last updated Apr 12, 2009 Internetnews.com: NewsLinx
Provides daily links to current news about the Internet from major U.S. newspapers, magazines, blogs, wire services, and foreign newspapers. http://www.internetnews.com/newslinx/ Topics: News Last updated Aug 28, 2008 Links to the News
A resource for researching current and older news topics, including many seasonally appropriate topics. The site puts together categorized links to Web resources on such diverse subjects as international relations, computer viruses, copyright issues, airline safety, the economy, the Olympic Games, and much more. The collection of topics goes back to January 1995. From the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=49 Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, News Last updated Sep 17, 2009 The New York Times Video
Collection of videos presented by The New York Times. Search, or browse by topic such as breaking news, world news, politics, business, technology, environment, science, health, sports, opinion, arts, style, travel, and automobiles. Also includes interviews and videos related to New York Times Magazine articles. http://video.on.nytimes.com/ Topics: News Last updated Apr 29, 2009 New York Times: Learning Network
This "free service for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents" offers background information on news stories, news quizzes, lesson plans and classroom activities, links to related resources, suggested family discussion topics, and other features to help with an understanding of current events. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ Topics: Lesson Plans, News Last updated May 4, 2005 News and Newspapers Online
Links to "hundreds of news resources from around the world ... that offer free access to current, general interest, full-text news." From the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. http://library.uncg.edu/news/ Topics: News, Newspapers, Newspapers by Place Last updated Oct 6, 2009 News Is Free
This site offers news headlines, with links to the full stories, from more than 3,600 Web sources. It includes world, sports, entertainment, science, health, technology, economic, and other news. Basic site information is available in English, French, or German; the sources cited are in their original language. Site is searchable, and may also be browsed through a categorized index. Free registration allows for personal customizing and there are also fee based options. http://www.newsisfree.com/ Topics: News Last updated May 4, 2005 Newsfilm Library at the University of South Carolina
This library began with the donation of a portion of the Fox Movietonews newsreels covering 1919-1934 and September 1942-August 1944 and continues to receive other film collections. Contains film clips of George Bernard Shaw, Adolph Hitler, Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Babe Ruth rounding the bases, the Movietone wartime logo, and more. A few stills are also available. Searchable. http://www.sc.edu/newsfilm/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, News Last updated Jul 22, 2003 Pew Internet & American Life
Pew regularly publishes reports "that [explore] the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life." Topics have ranged from blogging to the digital divide. Free update notifications available by e-mail and RSS. "A non-profit research center studying the social effects of the Internet on Americans." http://www.pewinternet.org/ Topics: Education, News Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Topix.net
This site allows users to "quickly and easily find targeted news on the Internet" with the aid of "artificial intelligence algorithms that continuously monitor breaking news from over 10,000 sources, 24 hours a day" and cluster news stories by subject and geography. Search by topic, city, or ZIP code; or view news in categories such as sports, entertainment, business, technology, and "offbeat." http://www.topix.net Topics: News Last updated Jul 24, 2006 World News Network
This site features hundreds of general and specialized daily news sites. Covers world and regional news, media, entertainment, sports, science, health, education, environment, general business, specific industries, and more. Searchable in several languages. http://www.wnnetwork.com/ Topics: Internet Guides & Search Tools, News Last updated May 4, 2005 |
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