features encyclopedia and other references sources - a good starting point for getting background information and a big-picture overview of your topic
current event & social issue articles, facts & viewpoints
click here for a how-to video about using Opposing Viewpoints
newspapers, magazines & journals of the ethnic, minority and native press
click here for a how-do video about how to use Ethnic NewsWatch
access to online reference books about business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation & world, and science
scholarly and peer-reviewed journals - a good choice for most topics
click here for a how-to video about using Academic Search Complete
Documentaries and feature films about journalists, media literacy, media & communications, and more.
Watch acclaimed documentaries and award-winning educational films about journalism and publishing.
Watch acclaimed documentaries and award-winning educational films about media and society.
Streaming video from well-known producers like CBS, BBC, PBS, and more.
A fact checking website that reviews TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases, applying "the best practices of journalism and scholarship to increase public knowledge and understanding."
A project of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Journalist’s Resource finds and shares high quality research for reporting. Of particular interest, they provide Tip Sheets that offer suggestions for how to research and cover a variety of newsworthy topics.
This is the website for the Poynter Institute, which is a Journalism school. It publishes many articles of interest to aspiring journalists on topics such as storytelling, fact-checking, etc.
