Current Events Research

Current Events Research

Resources:

1. Databases: Orchard Park High School Databases:

• • World News Digest (username: orchpark password: facts)

  • Gale In Context: Global Issues   (Password: empirelink)

• • Gale In Context: High School (Password: empirelink)

  • New York Times (password: empirelink) 

  • Gale One File: News (Password: empirelink)

2. Websites:

• • Britannica - Search for your country. On the left, look for Facts & Stats.

  • CIA World Factbook

3. Is it news? Is it reliable?

• Resources for verifying news

• Finding news from all sides (left, right, center)

• Main Newspaper Sources and their general bias

• Where does your source fall on the bias chart? see chart below or click link for interactive chart