Current Events & News

Digital Maine Library is a collection of databases from the Maine State Library. It includes many great databases for accessing news articles that bypass paywalls and include citations. News databases available at Digital Maine Library (Note: If prompted, choose "Login by Location"):

• Global Newsstream (Proquest)

• Maine News (Proquest)

• Newsstand (Gale)

• US Newsstream (Proquest)

• Wall Street Journal (Proquest)

Short, silent video that shows you how to search for a specific news article HERE

Additional databases you may find useful are the Pro-Con databases available at Digital Maine and from our own GHS Library Databases:

• Opposing Viewpoints (Gale, Digital Maine)

• Global Issues (Gale, GHS Databases)

Databases which include MAGAZINE articles:

• Academic One File (Gale, Digital Maine)

• General One File (Gale, Digital Maine)

• Popular Magazines (Gale, Digital Maine)

TIP: Use Publication Search to look for issues of a specific magazine

Online News Aggregators:

• Knowhere: Presents breaking news stories and identifies them as right, left, or center. Includes links to various news outlets covering each story.

• Allsides: Identifies the "Media Bias" in every news story, classifying breaking news as right, left, or center.

Fact Checking Sites:

• Snopes.com

• Politifact.com

• TruthorFiction.com

Key Vocabulary:

• Editorial or Opinion or OpEd: An article that is submitted to a news outlet by an individual with a specific point of view, opinion, or agenda. Also: opinion pieces written by the editorial staff of the news outlet that espouse a particular point of view.

• Column: An article written by a staff member of the news outlet that does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the rest of the staff of that outlet. Expresses a particular point of view, opinion, or agenda.

• Advertisement: Can be presented to appear as news, but is paid for by an individual or organization and expresses their agenda, point of view, or opinion.