Try some of these sites for current events. The first site is for local news. All the rest provide news articles from around the world.
Try this site for local news. Just select which newspaper you want, and enter keywords to narrow the search.
New York Times on the Web
When asked for information here, enter glenmeadow1 and 12345 for a user ID and password. You may choose articles by regions at this site. Look to the left of your screen and limit articles concerning Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe or the Middle East.This is quite helpful if you must select an article from a particular part of the world.
Yahoo also allows you to choose a section of the world . At the top of the page, type in the name of the area from where you'd like some current events. Or simply arrow down and view the many interesting articles offered to you from around the world.
You may narrow down your articles to regions such as Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and UK at this site.
Look to the bottom of your screen and click on World for world events. You will be able to arrow down to a particular section of the world, such as Europe, Asia, Middle East, Americas, and Africa.
Click on some of the
following sites and choose the "world" selections.
| Google News | Topix.net |
| Newsbot | Yahoo News |
Time - "World" section (from column on left)
Newsweek - World section (from column on left)
These sites are designed for children. There are some easy to read articles included here, but you will not find as many articles as you do at the other sites.
Student News Net - World News (top left corner) Kids News Room - "Weekly News" section
Collections of many newspapers.... These sites provide examples of many papers from around the United States, and in some cases from around the world.
Fox Lane High School - Library Media Center
We subscribe to many magazine databases. You will find a great deal of information for your research project by using these databases. Just go to our Glen Meadow Website and click on Periodical DatabasesYou will need user ID numbers and passwords to access these sites. Mrs. Palinski will give you a form with all this information. If you have not received this, please ask the library staff for a copy of it.