Research Catalog

Title

Consider the source : a critical guide to 100 prominent news and information sites on the web / James F. Broderick and Darren W. Miller.

Author

Broderick, James F., 1963-

Publication

Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Miller, Darren W., 1979-

Description

xiii, 457 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

An A-to-Z guide to the best and worst news and information sites on the Web, this unique book features 100 in-depth, critical reviews, showing what to expect before you log on and revealing the motives and bias behind each resource. Reviews are divided into five sections--Overview, What you'll find there, Why you should visit, Keep this in mind, and Off the record--and each review concludes with a rating on a one-to-five scale.--Publisher description.

Subjects

• Web sites > Directories
• News Web sites > Directories
• Electronic journals > Directories

Genre/Form

• Directory
• directories.
• Directories
• Surveys (form)
• Répertoires.

Note

• "CyberAge Books"

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Agence France-Presse (AFP) -- Al Jazeera -- allAfrica -- AlterNet -- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) -- American Broadcasting Company (ABC) News -- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) -- Amnesty International -- Asia Times Online -- Associated Press (AP) -- Bloomberg -- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News -- Cable News Network (CNN) -- Cable-Satellite Public Affairs network (C-SPAN) -- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) -- The Center for Public Integrity -- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) -- Chicago Tribune -- Christian Science Monitor -- CNET -- Columbia Broadcasting Service (CBS) News -- Congressional Quarterly -- Consumer Reports -- Democratic National Committee (DNC) -- Drudge Report -- Entertainment Weekly -- ESPN -- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- First Amendment Center -- Forbes.
• Foreign Affairs -- Fox News -- Globe and mail -- Google News -- Guardian Unlimited -- Hispanic News -- Irish Times -- Jerusalem Post -- Library of Congress -- Los Angeles Times -- Miami Herald -- MichaelMoore.com -- Mother Jones -- MoveOn.org -- MSNBC -- MTV -- The Nation -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) -- National Enquirer -- National Geographic -- National Public Radio (NPR) -- National Review -- National Rifle Association (NRA) -- New York Daily News -- New York Post -- New York Times -- New Yorker -- Newsweek -- OhmyNews -- The Onion -- People -- Poynter Institute -- Prevention -- The Progressive -- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) -- Republican National Committee (GOP) -- Reuters -- Rolling Stone -- Rotten Tomatoes.
• Rush Limbaugh -- Salon -- San Francisco Chronicle -- Slate -- The Smoking Gun -- Sports Illustrated -- Sydney Morning Herald -- Time -- Times of India -- The Times of London -- Times-Picayune -- TomPaine.com -- Topix.net -- U.S. News & World Report -- United Nations (UN) -- USA Today -- Vanity Fair -- Village Voice -- Voice of America (VOA) -- Washington Post -- Washington Times -- Weather Channel -- WebMD -- The Week -- Weekly Standard -- WhiteHouse.gov -- WhiteHouse.org -- Wired News -- The Write News -- Yahoo! News.

ISBN

9780910965774

LCCN

^^2007012463

OCLC

122525992

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library