Use EBSCO to access information from thousands of academic journals in a diverse range of subject areas. EBSCO also includes access to 60,000 videos from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency.
Unique Features:: Create search alerts, save articles to your Google Drive account.
SIRS Knowledge Source is great for controversial topics with it's Pro/Con section and Issues Researcher, Government Reporter section, and browse by topic option.
Unique Features: Save articles to your Google Drive account.
Gale is a premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world's leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.
Unique Features:: Topic Finder, Browse by Subject, easily save articles to your OneDrive or Google Drive account.
Directions for using Gale's Topic Finder (Gale is in the above box)
How to set up a topic alert with Ebsco:
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Since Vimeo is now blocked, you can view this video HERE while on campus.
When using news websites, be sure to get a balance from across the political bias spectrum. If you're not sure about a site, check with Media Bias Fact Check, an independent online media outlet that educates the public on media bias and deceptive news practices. It's also helpful to determine a site's level of accuracy when reporting on scientific topics.
You can visit the website or install their browser extension for Chrome or Firefox.
Another good source for balanced news is Allsides.
If you're finding that your results are showing articles that we don't have access to, remember to check "full-text" in your search. Here is where the option is located in Ebsco:
If you've already completed your search, you can still select "full text" to refine the results.
Try out Social Searcher to search 12 social media sites all at once. Try a search with a hashtag (#metoo) and without (metoo) for different results. (Since this is new, give me feedback on how it works for you.)
