FN 211: Personal & Social Frameworks for Nutrition and Healthy Aging: News articles
Tip sheet
Below you'll find links to news sources for strategically locating examples of recent coverage for research on healthy aging and nutrition topics.
- Find research in the newsInstructions and advice on how to find articles from the mainstream news that report on original research.
Selected Popular / Mainstream News websites
Types of Articles
There are many different types of articles. The chart below can help you figure out which type(s) you're looking for or identify an article you've already found:
News articles provide the most current information. Certain newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, are also known for thoughtful, in-depth analyses of important topics and events. | |
Popular magazine articles can help you generate ideas about issues, controversies, or unanswered questions about a topic, which you might want to explore further. They sometimes refer to studies or scholarly work that you can track down for more information. | |
Trade publications are written by and for professionals within an industry. These are an excellent source of very specific information from inside the field. | |
Scholarly journal articles go through a process of peer review before they are published. They are written by experts in the field (the people with letters after their name!) and their purpose is to advance the ongoing body of work within the discipline. These articles might present original research data and findings, or take a position on a key question within the field. They can be difficult to read, because their intended audience is other experts and academics, but they are at the top of the line when it comes to authoritative information. |
Popular / Mainstream News in the Library
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowFull text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, news wires, newspaper columns as well as 24 TV and radio news transcripts. Also contains indexing and abstracts for national newspapers.
- Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full text coverage of the top 1,000 most searched magazines across Gale's InfoTrac. Current events, sports, science, health and more.
Google News
- Google NewsA specialized Google search provides up-to-date news articles about current events.
TIP! Add the word research or study to a search to to identify new research developments on a topic covered in the news.