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OPP 9: Peace & Violence: Violencia & Paz

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World News Sources (English)

Foreign Affairs magazine

Foreign Policy magazine

The Guardian

BBC

Al Jazeera

The Economist

The New York Times (free access on campus, link with amersol)

NPR (National Public Radio)

Your Task

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News Sources

Search ALL of the news sites on the left from here:

 

 

Source Evaluation

C - Currency O - Origin
R - Relevance P - Purpose
A - Authority V - Value
A - Accuracy L - Limitations
P - Purpose

 

Research Tools

Note-taking in Copy Books

  • Focus Question + Source + Your paraphrase / response

Use Scrible to track, annotate, and cite sources

 

Search Tips

Recommended Databases

  • EBSCO (all databases)
  • Gale
    • World History
    • Informe Academico
    • Opposing Viewpoints
    • Global Issues

Library Passwords



Power Google Searching:

  • site:  ---> Search within a large website (site:http://economist.com)
  • intitle: ---> Search for a word IN the title of a post or article (great limiter!)
  • Quotation Marks ---> Keep terms together ("Fujimori corruption")
  • Minus sign ---> Limit hits on words you don't want (Fujimori -corruption)
  • filetype: ---> Limit to a particular kind of doc (.pdf for example)

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