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News Resources for Current Events
Given the intensive media coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States,
the Yale University Library wishes to draw readers' attention to:
- Several online subscription databases that provide the full text of U.S. and international news articles,
radio and television broadcast transcripts, wire service reports, and political briefings and speeches
- Arab news media
- Various web sites with relevant links about 9/11, Afghanistan, and the Middle East
Yale Library News Databases (Access by Yale IP recognition)
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Academic Universe
- Choose Today's News to search for only the latest information;
choose other categories (U.S., World, Wires, Transcripts, etc.) to narrow your search by geography or source.
News and background information about the attacks is also temporarily available for free from
www.lexisnexis.com.
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ClariNews
- Electronic news in the Usenet news format,
drawing primarily on Reuters and United Press International (UPI) wire services.
ClariNet is also offering a temporary Web site of articles related to the terrorist attacks at
www.clari.net.
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Jane's Online
- Publications geared to the world's defense, intelligence, and law enforcement communities.
Scroll down the page and select specific datasets in order to search.
Yale's subscription includes titles such as Intelligence Watch Report, Islamic Affairs Analyst,
and Terrorism Watch Report.
- Online Newspapers
- Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips.
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World News Connection
- Full text and summaries of newspaper articles, speeches, and television and radio broadcasts
collected and translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
Choose Region/Topic Searching to find information on terrorism from Near East sources.
Arab News Media Headlines and Articles
Links to News Agencies and Newspapers Online
Critiques of Media Representation
Arabic Newspapers held at Yale Library
Related Web Sites and Resources
- Afghanistan Country Study
- part of the Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Handbooks Series.
- America's War Against Terrorism
(University of Michigan) - various links on Afghanistan, counterterrorism, U.S. and international news resources,
famous Arab-Americans, statements from various governments, and more.
- CIA World Factbook
- provides data on population, government, economy, etc. for each country.
- Crimes of War Project
- Arabic edition (English also available) of book on war crimes; contains articles and legal analysis;
also includes a special edition devoted to the War in Iraq.
- Education for Peace in Iraq Center
- organization promoting the improvement of humanitarian conditions in Iraq;
provides information on present humanitarian conditions in Iraq. See also
Alternative web
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EIU Country Reports - analyses of political and economic trends in nearly 200 countries. See also
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EIU Viewswire. (access by Yale IP recognition)
- Gary Price's Research &
Reference Resources for Events of September 11, 2001
- links to documents, transcripts of speeches made by U.S. and international leaders, country profiles, and more.
- Iraq Research
- online depository of documents and information related to the ongoing conflict between the U.S.,
the United Nations and Iraq.
- Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (MEIB)
- monthly publication providing analyses of political and strategic developments in Lebanon,
Syria and the Middle East.
- Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
- provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources.
- Muslims, Islam and the Iraq Crisis
- University of Georgia website seeking to inform the public in a scholarly manner
about the relationship of war in Iraq to Islam and Muslims.
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Threat to world heritage in Iraq: rebuilding heritage
- Oxford University sponsored site; news items about rebuilding Iraq's cultural heritage after the conflict.
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