Sources and Searches-notes
Computer Based Research
The news library at your own newspaper
Compuserve, AOL
The internet
Government Database
Special Interest Group databases
Computers at a Newspaper help with data analysis that would
take weeks to retrieve-thet assist in background information, Organization and
retrieval as well as polling and tabulation.
Traditional Sources
City Directories
Local and area telephone directories
Maps
State manuals-info about govt agencies
Congressional directory and Congressional Record- US House
and Senate
Facts on File-weekly compilation of metropolitan newspapers
Guinness book of world records
Readers guide to periodic literature
Statistical Abstracts of the united states-
World Almanac and Book of Facts
Finding the Story
Other People
Other Publications
News Releases
Social Services directory-
Government reports-statistics from cities and areas
Stories from your own newspaper
Advertisements- classifieds etc
Wire copy- national news
Local news
You
Assignment- Choose any story in your local newspaper, summarize the story and tell how that
story could have been improved with a database search. Also, what sources did the article use for
the story. And, find at least four quotes and attribution in the article, detailing each example.
**Write this up as a word file and send it to my e mail- buyce@bishopmaginn.org by the end of the period. Newspapers are located on the shelf next to the window.
Good luck. See you Monday.
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