WR 122 Schumacher: Find Sources
Created for Matt Schumacher's WR 122 class 2018
Find Books, Articles, DVDs, and more
Reliable News Sources
Here are some recommendations for finding current event information from news sources that practice fact-based journalism, and how to spot "fake news".
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New York TimesAward winning journalism, center-left editorial perspective.
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Wall Street JournalAward winning journalism, center-right editorial perspective. Access available through library database.
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BBCInternational news source and center editorial perspective.
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Portland Metro and Oregon Research: NewsPCC guide to finding local news sources.
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Fake News GuidePCC guide with tips on recognizing and avoiding fake news.
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BBC TransparencyBBC’s in depth discussion of how they support and maintain transparency and trustworthiness.
Know Your Sources
When selecting sources for your research, it's important to understand what you're looking at. The Know Your Sources infographic will help give you an idea of who created a given source,what went into the creation it, and why it may (or may not) be useful for your specific research.
Finding Articles in Databases
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowFull text for more than 4,500 scholarly social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural journals. 3,700 are peer-reviewed.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull text of over 1000 scholarly journals in the arts and sciences, from their earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. Does not include current issues of the journals.
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Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowAnswers environmentally-related inquiries with coverage of more than 3.3 million articles from more than 700 journals and reference content from Delmar, Cengage Learning. Robust coverage of environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
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Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowUseful for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. This set includes 250 journals.
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Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new windowFull text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic minority and native press. Provides a rich collection of articles, editorials, and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. Also a good source of ethnic recipes. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.
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GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowScholarly, government and general-interest content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.