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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