Step 2
Databases
Databases are necessary tools in conducting academic research. They provide access to a variety of sources: journals, magazines, newspapers, primary source material, images, etc. They also provide some additional tools that help with the research process, such as citations for sources.
Conduct searches by using your key words about your topic.
- Gale Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new windowInternational viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics and current events
- Gale World History in Context This link opens in a new windowInformation on people, events, and topics in World History
- SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new windowOffers only the very best article selections from more than 2,000 international sources. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between of 345+ social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
- Gale Research in Context This link opens in a new windowResearch In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content (easier reading levels) with videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
- New York TimesFollow the directions to establish a Niles North New York Times account.
Website Searching
Use the Internet for research purposes. However, YOU are responsible for making sure the content you use is reliable content. Ask questions about the website, author, and information. Use the CRAAP TEST. Click on the next tab: Step 3: Evaluating Sources.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A SOURCE - ASK MS. ZBINDEN (librarian) or YOUR TEACHER!
Credible News Sources
Newspapers and news organizations in the following list have a reputation for providing readers with accurate and fact based information. Conduct searches (using key words) on their webpages.
- The New York Times: Middle EastAn American daily newspaper, founded in 1851 and published in New York City. It has won 114 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization
- The Washington Post: Middle EastThe Washington Post is an American daily newspaper that has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes.
- NPR: Middle EastNPR is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization for a network of 900 public radio stations in the U.S.
- BBC News: Middle EastBBC News is headquartered in Great Britain and is the world's largest broadcast news organization.
- Al Jazeera: Middle EastAl Jazeera English is headquartered in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The organisation is the world's first global English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East.
- The Guardian: Middle EastThe Guardian is a British national daily newspaper founded in 1821. It was named newspaper of the year at the 2014 British Press Awards, for its reporting on government surveillance.
- Associated Press: International NewsAn American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.
- Reuters: World NewsReuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, England. It reaches more than one billion people every day and has 2,600 journalists in nearly 200 locations around the globe.
- CNN: WorldCNN was founded in 1980 as the first 24-hour cable news channel.
- ABC News: World HeadlinesThe news division of the American broadcast network ABC.
- CBS World NewsThe news division of the American broadcast network ABC.
- NBC News: WorldThe news division of the American broadcast network NBC.
- USA Today: WorldUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper and is the widest circulated print newspaper in the United States.
- Jerusalem PostThe Jerusalem Post Founded in 1932 by Gershon Agron and
is the leading Israeli English newspaper. - HaaretzIsraeli news organization