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    Spotlight: Access World News

    by Meghan Kowalski on June 4th, 2025 | 0 Comments

    This month, we’re spotlighting one of our most useful databases, Newsbank’s Access World News (AWN). AWN provides a straightforward way of finding news articles, both from many of the largest newspapers and many of the smaller ones on some of most important issues and events of the day. This makes AWN especially good for researching local topics that can be hard to find elsewhere. The specific DC sources include: El Pregonero, the Washington Informer, and the Washington Times.

     

    What’s In It

    More than 16,000 news sources focusing on newer current events in 200 countries (in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, as well as North America).

     

    Best For:

    • Current Events
    • History
    • Local and hyper local activities and events
    • Local history (since the 1980s)
    • Politics, especially local politics
    • Country studies
    • Cultural and gender studies
    • Criminal justice
    • Health and Science
    • Social Developments

     

    Key Tools

    • Browse by topic
    • Search by keyword, subject, genre, or person
    • Easy to refine search by date or location
    • Spotlights several key interest areas on the home page to assist researchers in area of interest
    • Built-in citation support to leading formats
    • Full PDF pages of some print editions

     

    One Cool Thing

    Has a “hot topic link” that quickly provides access to content of some of the most important current topics. This is updated every month and provides a great background on what is happening in the world.

     

    Like what you see? Try Access World News now!


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