News archive search
provides an easy way to search and explore historical
archives. In addition to helping you search, News
archive search can automatically create timelines
which show selected results from relevant time
periods.
http://www.google.com/squared
"Fetch and organize facts from across the web. Google Squared automatically
constructs a table of facts about any category you specify."
http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
is a reliable source for information on controversial issues
in the news. Each week it focuses on a single issue and
provides an overview of the situation, a timeline, a history
of the problem, current news and the outlook for the
future. Perhaps the most helpful section is "pro/con" which
gives essays on the topic by experts on each side of the
debate. Recent topics include "Factory Farms," "The
New Environmentalism,"
and "Privacy
in Peril,"
"Climate
Change."
Upcoming reports will focus on "Rethinking Foreign Policy"
and "Treating Addiction." Check it out!
