North Hunterdon High School Media Center

Current Events

 

Definitions:
  "Current  - Belonging to the present time. 
   events" - Something that takes place; an occurrence. A significant occurrence or happening.

   "electronic database" - a database that can be accessed by computers

  database - an organized collection of information. It is like a box of 3x5 cards that you can search, sort and analyze rapidly with a database program on a computer.

  Periodicals (also called serials) are publications which are printed in intervals, and continue to be printed for an indefinite period of time. Journals, magazines, and newspapers are types of periodicals.

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Electronic Databases  EBSCOhost graphic              

 EBSCO (Open Internet Explorer, then go to FAVORITES, double click on Newspaper Source)

Newsbank (Open Internet Explorer, then go to FAVORITES, double click on Newsbank, click on NewsBank School Library Collection)


Newspapers                         
Internet Public Library - Newspapers
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

All the Newspapers in the World (or most of them)
 http://www.kidon.com/media-link/usa.shtml

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/

Television News     

ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/

CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

CNN
 www.cnn.com

MSNBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

 

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