research library workshop: Middle East news sources

September 30, 2014
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Thompson Library 359

Date Range
2014-09-30 16:00:00 2014-09-30 17:00:00 research library workshop: Middle East news sources Join the Middle East Studies librarian for a discussion of a range of strategies for searching and staying current with news from the Middle East, including:using library newspaper databases such as Factiva and Access World News Research Collection to browse newspapers and search for articles from the Middle Eastsetting up RSS feeds for news sources such as blogs, newspapers, and websitescreating alerts for specific topics in the newssearching Twitter for trending topics in specific areas of the Middle East.Plus, tips for advanced internet searches in Arabic, Persian, and TurkishRegistration encouraged, at sellman.13@osu.edu.  tea and refreshments provided! Thompson Library 359 America/New_York public

Join the Middle East Studies librarian for a discussion of a range of strategies for searching and staying current with news from the Middle East, including:

  • using library newspaper databases such as Factiva and Access World News Research Collection to browse newspapers and search for articles from the Middle East
  • setting up RSS feeds for news sources such as blogs, newspapers, and websites
  • creating alerts for specific topics in the news
  • searching Twitter for trending topics in specific areas of the Middle East.

Plus, tips for advanced internet searches in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish

Registration encouraged, at sellman.13@osu.edu.  tea and refreshments provided!