To find specific resources for your projects think of just a few words that describe your topic. Try searching the FLITE Library catalog and databases with your words. Use the word "AND" (with all letters capitalized) to combine search terms. If your words aren't working out try swapping out one or more of your words with similar terms that still describe your topic. Repeat this process until you find what you're looking for.
Use newspapers to search for local issues (Michigan topics) or very recent issues (i.e. events that happened in the past few days).
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Viewpoints from all perspectives on the most controversial issues using a variety of sources including journals, primary sources, reference sources, biographies, images, videos, audio recordings, news, magazines, statistics, and websites. Browseable by topic in categories such as business and economics, energy and environmentalism, health and medicine, law and politics, society and culture, science, technology, and ethics, and war and diplomacy.
Full text reports from 1991 to present on health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Seasoned journalists research and write each 12,000 word report, which includes three pro-con debates, a background and chronology on the topic, an assessment of the current situation, tables and maps, a pro/con debate by representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources.
Essential news facts distilled from articles in over 100 major newspapers, news magazines, other periodicals, and government and online sources from the U.S. and around the world. Editors verify all facts for accuracy and edit summaries for maximum clarity. Browseable by topic, landmark event, country, person, or resource type such as editorial cartoons or statistics.
Access World News allows you to "drill down" into any geographic area of the world to see just newspapers from that region. This includes Michigan papers alone!
News coverage at the local, state, regional, national, and international level from over 12,400 print and online newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts, and videos.
Full text articles from over 17,000 publications on every subject. Also includes complementary audio and video content.