Watch the instructional video on How to Find and Cite News Articles. This tutorial is specific to the Honors Government project.
Find a news article for the Democratic Candidate, and one for the Republican.
Cite each source in NoodleTools (copy & paste the citation generated by the database OR cite the article as a website, if found on the web)
Open the Candidate Research note-taking document.
Copy the citation from NoodleTools, and paste into the notetaking document.
Take notes from the article; paraphrase and use bulleted points
Find 2 - 3 news articles. Enter each source into NoodleTools and take notes on the notetaking doc.
Recommended Databases
Robinson Library Research Databases
Updated every day with articles from hundreds of newspapers from around the country and around the world. These sources have been researched, edited, and are credible.
Limit searches to the previous 6 months
It is possible to limit searches to a particular newspaper (i.e. Richmond Times Dispatch)
Copy and paste the MLA 8 citations into NoodleTools
Take notes on the Candidate Research note-taking document.
Major U.S. and international newspapers; search for full text articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section, etc. A one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
Articles from journals, newspapers, magazines. Includes peer-reviewed, scholarly journals for biology, computing, education, science, psychology, religion, social sciences, and many other disciplines.
Google News
Type search terms and add important keywords. Then, click News to read current stories related to your search.
For example, "marianne williamson" AND "gun control"
