World News Digest—authoritative world news coverage from 1940 through today, providing information, context, and perspective.

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“…a must for students obtaining background information on a topic…intuitive for even novice users…”—Library Journal

“Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…provides a wealth of information and will help students researching for a multitude of assignments.”—American Reference Books Annual

“…user friendly…comprehensive and easy to use…provides a wealth of unbiased information concerning national and international news events and is highly recommended.”—Reference Reviews

EXCLUSIVE, EXTENSIVE COVERAGE World News Digest is packed with more than 300,000 original articles from 1940 to today. These include overviews of historic events, country profiles, historical documents, biographies, research features, special reports, editorials, and editorial cartoons. This rich archive provides a solid foundation for research and makes it easier than ever to explore the events that shape our world.

TOPIC-BASED RESEARCH SUPPORT; INFORMATION IN CONTEXT World News Digest promotes understanding of a topic by combining the latest news with key context and background. Its clear and cogent political, economic, and cultural stories give a sense of time, place, and circumstance. Its crucial overviews and special features summarize key topics to jump-start research.

WEEK IN REVIEW This feature spotlights timely, hot-button topics of the week, linking to editorially curated content, including news articles, social media reaction, videos, editorial cartoons, and infographics.

RECENT NEWS World News Digest features concise, clearly written news summaries that offer indispensable context and perspective on critical current events. In addition, up-to-the-minute coverage is provided with news articles from Reuters®.

PERFECT FOR DOCUMENT-BASED LEARNING AND OTHER LEARNING STYLES World News Digest features primary sources with introductory notes that provide context and background—perfect for document-based learning and strengthening critical-thinking skills.

NAVIGATION BY TOPIC, LANDMARK EVENT, COUNTRY OR PERSON World News Digest’s “Browse News” menu—linking to the “Hot Topics,” “Landmark Events in History,” “Countries in the News,” and “People in the News” sections—allows for a thematic, chronological, geographical, or biographical approach to recent history and current events.

AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE LIST World News Digest’s expertly researched and written content is distilled from carefully selected sources to form the essential record of world events.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Real-time, searchable Reuters® newsfeed • Authoritative Presidential Administration Coverage • That Day in History: search a specific date for all the news that happened that day • Newspaper editorials and editorial cartoons, adding context and perspective • “Forward in Time” and “Back in Time” links for a complete chronological chain of events • Dynamic citations in MLA and Chicago formats, with APA guidelines • Google Translate • Read Aloud tool • Searchable Support Center • Robust administrative section with enhanced reporting

World News Digest frames events for research and is the place to start any reference project!

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Installation and usage instructions can be found in the World News Digest support center, here: http://support.infobaselearning.com/index.php?/WND