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Access World News
Help students understand the global world in which they live
Access World News – Sources and Content
• News sources from around the worldNewspapers Wire services Transcripts Magazines Videos
• Full-text coverage of global issues and events
• Deep archives provide background information
• Local, state, regional, national and international perspectives
• Hundreds of primary sources
• New content added daily
Examples of sources from around the world
• The London Times
• Agence-France Presse
• Associated Press
• The Age (Australia)
• The Jerusalem Post
• Time Magazine
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Sacramento Bee (CA)
• Dallas Morning News (TX)
• Al Bawaba (Jordan)
• The Straits Times (Singapore)
• Kyodo News International (Japan)
• The Daily Nation (Kenya)
• Cape Argus (South Africa)
• Iran News
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Plus many others from various locations
Access World News
Covers assignments in all areas
U.S. History World History Culture
English Science Economics
Speech Debate Journalism
Civics Global Studies Literature
Health IB Programmes AP Classes
Access World News – Supports Critical Thinking Skills
• Compare viewpoints on an issue from different locations
• Track issues and trends over a period of time
• Find pro/con articles to help formulate an opinion
Access World News An interface that helps students use information
• Colorful, map-based access helps compare viewpoints
• Search by continent, country, state, title
• Article summary to locate relevant data
• Create bibliographies with the bibliographic citation tool
• Save searches for future use
• Customize with direct links to specific titles
• Seamless searching through Ebsco’s federated search
Search Options Keyword - Date
Click on a tab to
1. Search the world or select locations
2. Limit search to a source type
3. View source list and select ones to search
•Select a region
•Click on a country
•Search sources from that country
Or
•Check off several countries to search multiple ones
Search Options Keyword - Date
• Customize your resource with important titles or regions
• Search in just those sources
• Change shortcuts during the year as needed
Search: Global Warming
Locations: Africa, Asia, Europe/UK, Middle East and South America
Type in search term
Check off locations
View results list•Headline•Summary•Source•Date•Length of article
View and compare articles by•Year•Location•Source•Source type
Search results screen helps students use content to view articles by specific year, location, source or source type