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Global NewsBank: Primary News Sources on Global Issues

Global NewsBank is a unique product offering easy access to international news on a broad scale. Global NewsBank's current and retrospective information makes it the perfect resource for comparing viewpoints on today's political, economic, environmental, cultural and social issues.

Global NewsBank...

• Contains articles which are timely, relevant, and of the highest research quality. It's ideal for those seeking information on issues and events of global significance, offering unique insight on the impact such issues have at local, regional, national and global levels.

• Includes a broad array of international news articles taken from a wide variety of sources, each editorially reviewed and included for research quality, source relevance, and balance of coverage.

• Gives researchers access to some 400,000 fully indexed articles taken from more than 1,000 news sources - including broadcasts, newswires, wire services, newspapers - all in a single database.

• Contains retrospective information back to 1996, perfect for finding background information on a specific issue, or for tracking trends over time.

 Researchers can search individual national, regional, or international news sources on international topics of local interest.

A Complete Picture Global NewsBank combines news information from radio and television broadcasts, international newswires and international newspapers of record to offer researchers a complete, relevant picture of an event.

BBC International Reports NewsBank's primary source of broadcasts is the BBC International Reports, each rich in political and economic content. NewsBank receives broadcasts from more than 180 countries, amounting to more than 50,000 transcripts annually. These daily reports are accurate and detailed, reflecting the way in which issues and events are viewed in their respective countries.

Global Newswire Coverage Newswires provide short breaking news throughout the course of an issue or event, developing the full scope of a story over time. NewsBank receives information from key newswires across the globe, each offering a unique regional flavor. Reports from international wires provide profiles and analysis ideal for researching a specific global issue or international event. NewsBank covers the principal newswires worldwide including:

Agence France Press Deutsche Press Agentur Inter Press Service Kyodo News International Pan African News Agency (PANA) Xinhua Reuters International and more!

Additionally, key international newspapers of record are reviewed for local coverage of international issues and events, including:

 The Independent,  The Daily Telegraph  The Washington Post  The Hong Kong Mail  The Australian  The Japan Times

An Editorial Team Dedicated to Global News Coverage

Unlike most other news databases Global NewsBank has a dedicated editorial team that spends thousands of hours determining issues to cover, selecting articles of research quality, and indexing each selection. How an issue/event impacts a specific region, country or the international community at large determines its coverage. Selection of articles from newspapers, international broadcasts and newswires is done with three criteria in mind:

1) Research quality The significance the article's content to the issue and the quality of its coverage.

2) Source relevance The source of the article's geographical or topical proximity to an issue/event

3) Balanced coverage Representation of all regions and countries as comprehensively as possible to ensure varying perspectives - including parallels and contradictions - on a particular news event

4) Lasting Value Information providing global perspectives that add to the rich, useful content of NewsBank's retrospective archives This process is NewsBank's hallmark, and is the principle reason for the high level of useful content, which characterizes our resources.

Indexing for Productive Searches NewsBank's indexing process allows users to quickly locate articles about their subject while excluding extraneous information. NewsBank's thesaurus offers terms which help users refine their search and explore related topics. And by browsing "Topics", users can avoid the misspellings that often derail full-text searches, while uncovering words or phrases that are synonymous to their search term(s). Cross-references work in the background, helping users locate useful articles no matter what search terms are initially used. In short, NewsBank's unique indexing process makes the average search session far more productive.

User Friendly and Timely Global NewsBank's user friendly interface is designed for both novice and experienced users. It is particularly suitable for a researcher for whom English is a second language. You may choose between either a simple keyword screen or an advanced search option with a variety of fields, including: headline, topic, source and country. A source list and thesaurus are available.

Global NewsBank provides researchers with a broad range of international information via simple, intuitive searches. Simply put, no other product on the market is as dedicated to providing quick, easy access to international news and events. Interested? Call NewsBank collect at (802) 875-2910, or fax your request to (802) 875-2904.