For accessing the most recent day-to-day events, newspapers are an excellent source of information. Current events can include foreign relations, local and national politics, natural disasters, social problems, etc.
The CCC Library subscribes to the following newspaper indexes:
- Ethnic Newswatch is a full text computerized index to minority and ethnic newspapers from various cities in the United States. It gives you other viewpoints and perspectives on current issues, events and culture. You can search in either the English or Spanish languages. Ethnic groups represented by this database include African-Americans, Arab-Americans, European/Eastern European, Hispanic/Latino, Jewish and Native American.
- Newsbank NewsFile contains full text articles of current issues and events selected from over 300 newspapers from across the United States andCanada. In addition, articles are selected from American and International newswires, which provide the most current, up-to-date information.
- The Hartford Courant contains full text articles of current issues and events from 1981 to the present.
- The New York Times Index is a newspaper source beginning with 1851. This is in paper format, not computerized.
- The Library Virtual Reference Desk provides links to online newspapers from around the world.
Now do a practice search to find a newspaper articles in Newsbank.
- Click on Newsbank NewsFile.
- If prompted type in password.
- Click on Newsbank NewsFile again or Start Search.
- Click in the box and type in crime and hartford. Click on Search.
- Select an article of interest and click on the title of the article.
- Scroll down to view the full text.
- Click on E-mail and in the box Send to type oconnor@commnet.edu.
- Click in the upper right hand box to return to the tutorial.
Click HERE to take the following quiz using the illustration below:
You can use the frame at left to go to any chapter you wish to explore next. The next chapter in order, however, is Chapter Five -- Internet Access.