Resources:

1. Databases: Orchard Park High School Databases:

• World News Digest (username: orchpark password: facts)

• Gale In Context: Global Issues   (Password: empirelink)

• • Gale In Context: High School (Password: empirelink)

  • New York Times (password: empirelink) 

  • Gale One File: News (Password: empirelink)

2. Websites:

• • Britannica - Search for your country. On the left, look for Facts & Stats.
  • CIA World Factbook

3. Is it news? Is it reliable?

• Resources for verifying news
• Finding news from all sides (left, right, center)
• Main Newspaper Sources and their general bias
• Where does your source fall on the bias chart? see chart below or click link for interactive chart