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Current Events Search

netTrekker provides easy access to major newspaper, magazine, journal, and other news media source from around the world. The Current Events area can be found below the major subject areas located on the Elementary, Middle or High School home page (see Top Navigation).

Example of a Subject Area:

Organized like netTrekker's Subject Search, the Current Events area is organized by school subject and topic, as well as location. If you are looking for a local newspaper from Ecuador, or need the latest in alternative health news, netTrekker puts it at your fingertips.

Here's how to search for Current Events:

• Select U.S. or World News
  Click "U.S. News" or "World News" from the Current Events area at the bottom of the netTrekker Subject Search, or home, page. netTrekker will display a new page that contains a more detailed list of topics, organized by geographic area and by subject area.

• Continue to Drill Down
  Read through the list, and then drill down by clicking the topic that most closely relates to your area of interest.
  

  To the right of each topic a number appears. These numbers indicate how many news sources can be found at that topic (including all subtopics).

  Continue to click topics and subtopics, drilling down until you find the specific subject type of news you are looking for.

  A "bread crumb" trail of the topics you select, called a taxonomy string, is displayed at the top of the page. To return to a broader topic area, click the corresponding link within the taxonomy string.
  
  

  Example of a Taxonomy String:
  United States News > News by State > Ohio > News from the Major Cities > Cincinnati

• Getting a Search Result

  Click to see a full search result on that news topic, including full evaluations and additional websites.

  
  As you are drilling down, many times a purple bar, titled "Sites," appears below your topic area. Here you will find a list of news sources directly related to your news topic.

  If you continue to drill down, eventually you will not be able to go any farther, and the Search Results page is then displayed. This page lists news sources on the selected topic. Each website listed has been rated and briefly described.

  For more information on the rating symbols or icons used in each Search Result, double click on one of the icons to see the netTrekker Legend. See Advanced Search and/or Refinement Menus to learn more about detailing your search based on content type (multimedia), source, grade level, language, and controversial topics.

• Viewing a Website
  Click one of the links from the "Sites" bar or the Search Results page to go to that website. Note that the site opens in a different window so that you can keep the netTrekker Search Results page available.

  If your Current Events search resulted in more than one page of search results, use the page number links or "next >" and "< previous" and "< previous" links at the bottom of the Search Results page to move from page to page.

 

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