Where is the Science News?

With many newspaper’s elimination of science sections, where can readers turn for reliable Science News? Futurity (http://Futurity.org) is one option. This site collects and posts science news releases from universities. Universities such as Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, University of Penn, etc. needed a way to easily post their scientific findings and
Futurity fill the bill. “It’s ironic that we have fewer writers in our major media focusing on science, while we have ever more issues that have a science base — from climate change to the health care debate, stem cells, evolution and swine flu — many of which are very controversial,” said Cristine Russell, a former Washington Post science reporter. Although a reliable source, Futurity lacks the impartiality of an independent science reporter. For that, readers can still turn to Knight Science Journalism Tracker, an MIT website of published science articles (http://ksjtracker.mit.edu).

For more details about locating science news, click on the link to the article on the Baltimore Sun:
Universities establish own way to tell public about findings
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-university-wire-0916,0,6633143.story.

 

Hispanic Heritage Month

October 5, 2008
Hispanic Heritage Month

This is Hispanic Heritage month!
This is a time to honor the culture and diversity of our Hispanic citizens. The library has created a bulletin board with a wealth of information and setup a display of our favorite Hispanic children’s books. If you have a few minutes, you might enjoy stopping by to check this out.

Also, not to be forgotten is Penn State’s electronic resource –
Ethnic NewsWatch database. Available through ProQuest, this database contains Ethnic newspapers, magazines, journals and newsletters, with nearly a quarter of million articles presented in Spanish. There are dozens of Latino publications including El Nuevo Herald, El Diario/La Prensa, and Mundo Hispanico.

This database can be found by accessing the Penn State Library’s home page (http://www.libraries.psu.edu), selecting Databases by Title (A-Z), then scrolling down to Ethnic NewsWatch and clicking on it.
If you have any questions we are here to help.