DAILY NEWS -
FREE INTERNET SOURCES


= Political news - Global =

  • News Source: U N - United Nations
  • Site: gopher.undp.org
  • Path: / current information / daily highlights
  • Producer: U N news service
  • Content: News reports, Press releases, and announcements of studies and reports by various UN agencies. This provides good but dryly written reports on global crisis points and problems. Its an excellent source for ongoing info on areas not making the "daily news" in the U S, such as the Afghanistan war.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - since September 1993 - mon-friday of each week
  • Searchable: no

    = news - Global and US =

  • News Source: Voice of America Radio & Worldnet TV
  • Site: gopher.voa.gov
  • Path: / voa news
  • Producer: V O A
  • Content: Daily news scripts combine material from TV & radio english language services. Largely foreign with domestic items, including some business news. These extensive reports are evenhanded and usually very well written. Despite funding and production by an US government agency - they are less biased by american perspectives than most material from commercial media. This is an excellent source of full text material on international news. ( The service seems to have ended its traditional role as a propaganda tool. )
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Schedules: yes - in over 40 languages
  • Archive: yes - cover the past 7 days
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - Europe =

  • News Source: Various official sources - some wireservice news and media rewrites. Includes NATO, UN; US - State, Defence, Commerce, Congressional and White house feeds. Occasional VOA or other press service items.
  • Site: smile.srce.hr
  • Path: / english / information by subject / news / US Embassy Daily Bulletin
  • Producer: United States Information Agency
  • Content: This bulletin is prepared for distribution in Europe. It is a voluminous fulltext source. Averaging between 45 & 85 printed pages of material daily. It covers Politics, Business, Economics, Science, & very little general interest information. Despite the official nature of most of this stuff, it is valuable as background for in depth pieces. The european events coverage is far better than from any other source on the Internet.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - current month only
  • Searchable: no

    = General news - Eastern Europe =

  • News Source: Primarily russian and eastern european news media
  • Site: poniecki.berkeley.edu
  • Path: / archives / polish archives / publications /RFE-RL
    - an alternative archival site for europeans is the Czech Technical University engineering faculty, Gopher://gopher.feld.cvut.cz / political news
  • Producer: RADIO FREE EUROPE
  • Content: Offers summaries of major news stories from press, broadcast and wire services. This service provides the most extensive coverage of eastern europe on the Internet.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: yes - some items are complete
  • Archive: yes - from May 27 1993
    - from October 1993 at the Czech site
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - Britain =

  • News Source: BBC TV & RADIO - British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Site: www.bbcnc.org.uk - this is a WEB site and you must use a web client to view it.
  • Producer: BBC
  • Schedules: yes

    = Global News - Canada =

  • News Source: CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Site: debra.dgbt.doc.ca
  • Path: / CBC Radio Trails
  • Producer: CBC
  • Content: Audio files of popular CBC programs - some news
  • Archive: yes

    = General News - Canada & Local =

  • News Source: CJOH TV - Ottawa (Canada)
    Ottawa Citizen (Canada) - Daily Newspaper
  • Site: telnet Freenet.carleton.ca
  • Path: login: guest
    menu-driven system: enter # 10
  • Producer: The Ottawa Citizen
    CJOH TV
  • Content: The Citizen and the TV station each have their own subset of items. CJOH provides local and national news. The only Internet source for in depth daily Canadian national political coverage. The Citizen provides no daily news but does provide its daily letters to the editor - a possible source of research material on public opinion in Canada.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: 1 - yes - edited version of tv news items
    (cjoh tv)
    2 - sports events and entertainment lists (Citizen)
    - also letters to the editor including many not
    received but not published in the print version.
  • Archive: yes - CJOH TV only - past 7 days of news items
  • Searchable: no

    = Specialty News - Canadian Statistics =

  • News Source: Statscan Daily
  • Site: talon.statcan.ca
  • Path: /the Daily
  • Producer: Statistics Canada
  • Content: Well summarized abstracts of Canadian statistical reports covering all aspects of human existence. The primary daily reports include statistical tables. Many are of broad social significance or show international statistics.
  • Indexed: no - each daily has a table of content
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: yes - Since Jan 93
  • Searchable: yes - and search results can be forwarded to any e-mail address on the internet.

    = Global News - China =

  • News Source: Chinese wire services and other sources
  • Site: http://www.cnd.org:80
  • Producer: China News Digest (Global Service)
  • Content: Several main stories plus a daily news summary in english.
    Other Services: available as e-mail from listserv@PSUVM.BITNET
    subscribe CNDPSU-L@PSUVM.BITNET your name
  • Indexed: ?
  • Abstracts: yes - daily news summary
  • Full Text: yes - feature stories
  • Archive: yes
  • Searchable: ?

    = Global News - Croatia =

  • News Source: Daily Bulletin - Croatia Homeland Association
  • Site: Smile.srce.hr
  • Path: / english / news / daily bulletin
  • Producer: Foreign Press Bureau - Zagreb Croatia
  • Content: War and other news - including some international news with a Croatian angle.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes - some material is edited wire copy
  • Full Text: yes - some material is provided full text and
    originates with this service
  • Archive: yes - from July 1993 on
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - France =

  • News Source: French Language Press Review
  • Site: gopher.cis.yale.edu
  • Path: /Internet/news & weather
  • Producer: French Embassy in the U.S.
  • Content: Summaries of the day's news from France. Includes french views on International affairs French language only - no english material
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: occasional items
  • Archive: from beginning of current year
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - Greece =

  • News Source: Greek News Services
  • Site: alpha.servicenet.ariadne-t.gr
  • Producer: ?
  • Content: Audio broadcasts prepared daily in Greek.
    No english material available.
  • Archive: yes - current month

    = General News - Holland =

  • News Source: InterNetKrant ( Dutch language news )
  • Site: ohrid.cca.vu.nl
  • Path: / campus.... / Nieuws / De InterNetKrant /
  • Producer: Kim Kaspers (email: hkasper@cs.vu.nl).
  • Content: Full text news from Holland, derived from articles in various Dutch newspapers.
  • Abstracts: primarily full text
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - since 1992
  • Searchable: yes

    = Global News - Italy =

  • News Source: Italy
  • Site: riscfo.spfo.unibo.it
  • Path: ?
  • Producer: ?
  • Content: Daily news in Italian from Italy

    = Global News - Isreal & Middle East =

  • News Source: ISRAEL's Daily Press and Broadcast services
  • Site: israel-info.gov.il
  • Path: / new material
    1 - / latest Israeline...
    2 - / selections...
    3 - / back pages...
    4 - / policy statements
    5 - / maps and pictures
  • Producer: Government of Israel - Foreign Service
  • Content: English translations of israeli news...
    1 - / latest Israeline...
    daily news summaries including foreign affairs and major business stories
    2 - / selections...
    full text documents on featured subjects
    3 - / back pages...
    summaries of the daily financial, sports, and
    entertainment news + weather.
    4 - / policy statements
    official policy statements on current issues
    5 - / maps and pictures
    current and historical maps of the region
    The diverse and argumentative nature of news media in Israel is well represented in the daily summaries. Other areas show a pro-government bias.
    NOTE: a much smaller selection of material is available in SPANISH, FRENCH AND HEBREW
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes - in the various daily news sections
  • Full Text: yes - only for selections and government policy
  • Archive: yes - israeline only for the current month
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - Israel & other jewish communities =

  • News Source: Jew-News - from US and other wireservices
  • Site: jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
  • Path: / politics / newsletters / jew-news
  • Producer: jstein@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
  • Content: abstracts of global news affecting Israel and other jewish communities
    Other Services:To subscribe to Jews-News simply mail a letter to: listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il containing one line of text stating: sub jews-news Your_Full_First_And_Last_Names
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes - very brief
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: yes - since March 8 1994
  • Searchable: no

    = Political News - Israel =

  • News Source: Wireservices and own sources
  • Site: jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
  • Path: / politics / newsletters / HATIKVAH
  • Producer: Murray Kahl ah287@yfn.ysu.edu
  • Content: Political news from an antigovernment point of view
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - from Dec 12 1993 on
  • Searchable: no

    = Political News - Israel local =

  • News Source: YESHA Daily News - from Israeli press translated to english - plus own sources. Usually appears 3 times a week.
  • Site: jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
  • Path: / politics / political activist groups / Yesha / Yesha Daily
  • Producer: The Yesha Council
  • Content: This pro- settler group compiles news and information regarding and affecting Jewish communities in present & former occupied areas.
    Other Services:Electronic mail list: yesha@israel.nysernet.org
    List moderator: elbaum@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: occasionally
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - from Dec 8 93 on
  • Searchable: no

    = Global News - Poland =

  • News Source: Gazeta Wyborcza - Polish language daily newspaper
  • Site: http://info.fuw.edu.pl
  • Path: /gw/0/gazeta.htm
  • Producer: Gazeta staff
  • Content: Gazetta On-Line is the complete paper. Polish only.
  • Indexed: ?
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: ?
  • Searchable: ?

    = News - US - Major Newspapers =

  • News Source: NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX - covers
    New York Times
    Los Angeles Times
    Washington Post,
    Wall Street Journal
    Christian Science Monitor
  • Site: telnet:// pac.carl.org
  • Path: 1 - enter PAC at Service: prompt
    2 - choose the appropriate number for your system
    3 - at the menu offering choices #'s 1 thru 5;
    enter # 86 (enter this number and press return)
    This will lead directly to the database!
  • Producer: IAC - Information Access Company
    ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: This service is only available to users who's library systems are members of CARL. If you can't access this system use the VOA and CNN services - topic coverage is very similar but they do not offer the depth of coverage.
  • Content:
  • Abstracts: of every original news item from these papers. This is the single best source for a journalist looking for background on stories.
  • Abstracts: are very accurate. The indexes help build chronology as well. See the info on fee based full text resources at the end of this guide if you need the entire article.
  • Indexed: each SEARCH produces an a date ordered INDEX of available articles.
  • Abstracts: yes - often lengthy and very well done.
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: yes - since 1989
  • Searchable: yes - by name or key words - not by date ; The search engine takes some getting used to, but is very powerful. The express search feature on this database should be used too! It allows automatic locating of any other items with the same key words.

    = news - US - TV & RADIO =

  • News Source: JOURNAL GRAPHICS
    A B C - TV
    C B S - TV
    C N N - TV
    N B C - TV
    P B S - TV
    N P R - National Public Radio
  • Site: telnet:// pac.carl.org
  • Path: 1 - enter PAC at Service: prompt
    2 - choose the number for your system type
    3 - at the menu offering service areas #'s 1 - 5
    enter # 67 (enter this number and press return)
    This will lead directly to the database!
  • Producer: Journal Graphics
  • Content: Summaries of all news and news show related broadcast items. Each lists topic, show, broadcast date, and guests and host for news shows. The database provides recent information and access to over 75,000 records. One day lag time on data.
  • Indexed: a SEARCH produces an INDEX of the articles found
  • Abstracts: yes - very brief within each item found
  • Full Text: no - but complete show transcripts can be ordered for a fee.
  • Schedules: no
  • Archive: yes - Since 1981 - it can be searched but not reviewed.
  • Searchable: yes - by name or key words - not by date The search engine takes some getting used to, but is very powerful.

    = General news - US and Global =

  • News Source: CNN Cable Network News
  • Site: info.umd.edu
  • Producer: CNN educational services
  • Content: TEXT of TV broadcast news segments - dozens each day; complete coverage of national and international news, major sports and business stories.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes - but no accompanying image material
  • Schedules: no
  • Archive: yes - previous two weeks of material.
  • Searchable: no

    = General news - North America =

  • News Source: USA TODAY newspaper
  • Site: Telnet://spacemet.phast.umass.edu
  • Path: /USA Today/Article menu
    Login: as or register yourself
    or
    Telnet: //freenet-in-a.cwru.edu
    Login: as or register yourself
  • Producer: USA TODAY
  • Content: abstracts sorted by subject - Advertising, Banking and the Economy, Business Law, Energy News, Insurance, International News, Real Estate and Telecommunications and others.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: no - covers current and previous day.
  • Searchable: no

    = General news - North America =

  • News Source: A B C - American Broadcasting Corporation
    C B S - Columbia Broadcasting System
    N B C - National Broadcasting Corporation
  • Site: tvnews.vanderbilt.edu
  • Path: /......abstracts
  • Producer: Vanderbilt University
    Content : TV EVENING NEWS and public affairs programming Citations indicate the date, exact time and length of each item, program participants and a brief abstract of the report. Mentions adverts. Tapes of each broadcast may be rented.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes - available in a combined file for each date and in a separate file for each news service.
  • Full Text: no
  • Schedules: no
  • Archive: from 1992 to date - items appear 3 or 4 days after the original broadcasts.
  • Searchable: yes

    = General news - North America =

  • News Source: A B C - American Broadcasting Corporation
    C B S - Columbia Broadcasting System
    C N N - Cable Network News
    N B C - National Broadcasting Corporation
    P B S - Public Broadcasting Service
  • Site: tvnews.vanderbilt.edu
  • Producer: Vanderbilt University
  • Path: /specialized...
    Content : PUBLIC AFFAIRS other News programming
    Citations indicate the date, exact time and length of each item, program participants and a brief abstract of the report. Tapes of each broadcast may be rented.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes - available in a file for each broadcast service, by date
  • Full Text: no
  • Schedules: no
  • Archive: 1989 to date - items appear 3 or 4 days after the original broadcasts.
  • Searchable: yes

    = General news - US and Global =

  • News Source: U P I - United Press International newswire
  • Site: mrfrosty.micro.umn.edu
  • Path: / UPI - data
  • Producer: Clarinet
  • Content: Daily item headlines in several categories such as business, sports, technology, and world news. The actual reports can not be read, but the titles provide a useful summary of the news of the day by category. It can be used to identify stories worth retrieving from other sites.
  • Indexed: yes - by news subject category
  • Abstracts: no - restricted to campus users
  • Full Text: no - restricted to campus users
  • Archive: yes - from 1992 on.
  • Searchable: no - but see next item

    = General news - US and Global =

  • News Source: Associated Press newswire
  • Site: cns.cscns.com
  • Path: / news - A P news index
  • Producer: A P - clarinet
    Contents Item headlines can be retrieved by your choice of key words. The titles are retrieved from an archive.
    The actual reports can not be read, but the titles provide a useful summary of the subject's recent coverage. It can be used to identify stories worth retrieving from other sites with archives.
  • Indexed: each SEARCH produces an ordered INDEX of articles.
  • Searchable: yes

    = General News - US & Global =

  • News Source: PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
  • Site: gopher.pbs.org
  • Path: /pbs online
  • Producer: PBS
  • Content: provides telnet access to the PBS bbs; which has schedules and materials for educators. An account must be arranged for BBS access. (my logons have been unsuccessful)
  • Schedules: yes - see above
  • Archive: ?
  • Searchable: ?

    = News - program Schedules =

  • News Source: C - SPAN cable network
  • Site: C-span.org
  • Producer: C - SPAN
  • Content: schedules of upcoming special education programs no daily news content.
  • Schedules: yes
  • Archive: no
  • Searchable: no

    = Political news - US and Global =

  • News Source: White House - US
  • Site: esusda.gov
  • Path: / white house / daily summaries
  • Producer: white house press office
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no - but readily available
  • Archive: yes - for the current year
  • Searchable: no

    = Business News - US and Global =

  • News Source: Multiple wire services and business announcements
  • Site: gopher.internet.com
  • Path: /Heads Up/sample
  • Producer: Individual, Inc
  • Content: Business & Technology news summaries for the current day. Also offers 30 free trial of their customized news service.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: no
  • Searchable: no

    = Technology News - US and Global =

  • News Source: North American news media - EDUPAGE newsletter
  • Site: educom.edu
  • Path: / current issue / edupage back issues
  • Producer: Educom
  • Content: Brief - but well edited summaries of major technology news from U S and Canada. It appears 3 times a week. I included it because of its thoroughness of coverage on the political and social impacts of technology.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: yes - from April 1 1993
  • Searchable: yes - but not at source site, for a searchable version try the gopher: listserv.cwis.uci.edu
  • Path: / Newsletters.../ Listserv distribution list Archives ... / Edupage

    = Business News - US and Global =

  • News Source: Exchanges and stock markets - various
  • Site: wuecon.wustl.edu
  • Path: /washington university economics gopher (its the
    very last item - 2 screens down )
    Producers: Washington University personnel & others
  • Content:
    1 / Holt's Options Report - daily
    2 / Holt's Stock Market Report - daily -
    3 / Hwang's Weekly futures Report
    4 / Foreign Exchange Rates Information - daily
    These reports briefly describes the day's activities in various financial markets. Each has a a short summary, then more detailed information Includes the day's major activities in financial markets and releases of key economic data and a summary report on many markets (NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, foreign markets, interest rates, foreign exchange, etc.).
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: no
  • Archive: no
  • Searchable: no

    = News - US Local =

  • News Source: Raleigh News & Observer (North Carolina)
  • Site: merlin.nando.net
  • Path: /the News and ....
  • Producer: News and Observer newspaper
    Contents: Local news and national news with a local angle. Conservative in tone. The "FYI: Today is" feature provides TODAY IN HISTORY tidbits and NATIONAL DAY lists that would be of interest nationally.
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: yes
  • Full Text: some
  • Archive: no
  • Searchable: no

    = News - US Local =

  • Source: Local Newspapers - online indexes
    Burlington VT
    Rutland VT
    Jacksonville FL
    London ON Canada
  • Site: marvel.loc.gov
  • Path: /Global Electronic library / Reference / News &... / Newspapers (library of Congress) / Newspaper Indexes on the Internet
  • Producer: various local college journalism programs
  • Content: Brief indexes of these local dailies. These generally don't cover wire service items - only local news. The FL index goes back to 1986.
  • Indexed: yes
  • Archive: yes
  • Searchable: yes

    = Specialty News - Space =

  • News Source: NASA DAILY
  • Site: finger:// space.mit.edu
    If your site doesn't supply the "finger" program
    Gopher:// world.std.com / news
  • Producer: Nasa P.R. staff
    Contents: Nasa and other space related news and events
  • Indexed: no
  • Abstracts: no
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive: yes - current month on the "world" site
    no - if you use "finger"
  • Searchable: no

    = Specialty News - Media in the US =

  • News Source: FITZ'S SHOPTALK - from wire services, etc.
    Access: This is a subscription service;
    E-mail shoptalk-request@gremlin.clark.net
    SUBSCRIBE YOURNETHANDLE@ADDRESS
  • Producer: Don FitzPatrick.
  • Content: Daily dispatches on the TV business, both networks and local stations - primarily summaries of wire-service and major newspapers, but also includes some full-text reprints.

    = Specialty News - Internet =

  • Source: Net-happenings - daily posting of internet news
  • Site: Subscription service - send email to:
  • Path: majordomo@is.internic.net
    - leave the subject blank
    - in the body of the message, type:
    subscribe net-happenings
  • Producer: Gleason Sackman - for the Internic network service
  • Content: A wide variety of announcements related to the internet. Includes new services, businesses, classes publications, and other misc. items This is the best source for news of Internet related events and can readily be searched for announcements reflecting the activities of most technology companies, relevant government agencies, and concerned private non profit groups.
  • Searchable: yes - search server can be accessed by:
    1 - telnet to: a.cni.org
    login: brsuser
    and follow the directions on the screen; or
    2 - gopher to: a.cni.org
    / About the Coalition for Networked
    Information.
    / Coalition BRS-SEARCH Services/
    1. README Before Searching.
    2. Search Coalition Databases

    =Specialty=

    = European News - Military =

  • News Source: NATO and other European military agencies
  • Site: stc.nato.int
  • Path: / news
  • Producer: NATO CENTRALIZED MEDIA SERVICE
  • Content: This site offers RAW news items, as released by the participating agencies. Press Releases, Communiques and reports are added daily.
  • Full Text: yes
  • Archive:
  • Searchable:

    = Specialty News - History of the Day =

  • News Source: Historical news files
  • Site: cs6400.mcc.ac.uk
  • Path: / misc information / Today's Events In History
  • Producer: private individual
  • Content: A file list of important historical events on the current date, along with milestones from the lives of the famous.

    = Specialty News - Weather =

  • News Source: Satellite weather reports and other services
  • Site: gopher.cis.yale.edu
  • Path: / weather
  • Producer: primarily the University of Illinois
  • Content: reports of weather around the globe + earthquakes and natural disaster news.

    = Specialty News - Maps =

  • News Source: Maps from the news this week - Weekly
  • Site: www.delorme.com
  • Path: / weekly news maps
  • Producer: DeLorme Mapping
  • Content: Current News maps available for downloading
    These should be stored for future re-use.

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