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Current Events

Information about an event, published in books and academic articles can take anywhere from 6 months to year for the information to be available for reading and research.

Therefore, to locate current event use newspapers databases, weekly magazines located in databases or websites.

See more information on the Information Cycle and its impact on events in the news cycle.

Introduction to the Information Cycle by Tru libraries
Understanding the Information Cycle by University of Illinois

Library Databases

Access World News Research Collection
Explore diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as English, Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Technology, Arts, History and more to foster critical thinking skills. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local sources.
CQ Weekly
Good starting point for information about current events and issues facing the U.S. Congress. This resource also presents political and commercial news.

1983-
HeinOnline
Provides full-text primary and secondary sources for legal and government information. Collections include scholarly journals, judicial and Congressional publications, and legal reference materials, with a substantial focus on historical resources.
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full-text access to many U.S. and international newspapers.

1989-
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
A primary resource covering current social issues that helps students discover, analyze, and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, writing assignments, debates, and presentations. By providing both pro and con perspectives on many topics, this is an excellent starting point for building an argumentative essay.
Points of View Reference Center
This resource assists researchers in understanding the full scope of controversial subjects.
TOPICsearch
Contains full text from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Citing Your Sources

Helpful guides to citation styles:

The Smucker Learning Center's documents and information
Style Guides in the Library's collection:
- LB 2369 .G53 2016 MLA Handbook
- BF 76.7 .P83 2020 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): Research and Citation Sources Guides
How to cite Tweets from EasyBib

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