Research Guides: The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity by Sarah Schulman: Researching Current Events

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Finding News Sources

How to Access Newspapers Online through CU Boulder Libraries
For CU Boulder students, staff, and faculty, find links to major newspapers and newspaper databases.
Guide to News and Newspaper Databases for General Research
Spans current, historical, mainstream, and alternative news sources.
Ground News
A guide to news stories that gathers from multiple sources, assesses implicit political bias in media, and shows "blindspots - news stories that have political undertones and are disproportionately covered by media sources on one side of the political spectrum." See more about Ground News and how to access it on this guide from West Virginia University Libraries.

Understanding and Evaluating News

Before re-posting, sharing, or citing information, try to confirm the facts of what you're posting. Can you verify that the author is a real person? Have you read beyond the headline or first part of a thread? Remember that ChatGPT and other AI tools are not always equipped with updated information.

OSoMeNet
A tool to visualize the spread of information on social media. Search by keyword or hashtag, drawing from BlueSky, Mastodon, TikTok, or their Archive, an historical dataset containing nearly 50 billion social media posts collected between January 1, 2020, and May 31, 2023. (Formerly called Hoaxy)
Guide to the Process: Evaluating News
On finding news sources, strategies for fact checking, and untangling misinformation and disinformation.