Conducting Electronic Research

Popular search engines like Google, Yahoo!, MSN Search and Ask.com usually have a news search function accessible from the home page on their Web sites. Other Web sites are strictly news oriented. Each leads to a specialized database with a primary search field and a search button to lead you to a display of results.

News searches are conducted in the same way as a simple or an advanced search. In other words they are keyword driven. Here is a short list of News search sites:

• AltaVista News
• AllTheWeb News
• Ask.com News
• Google News
• MSN Search
• NewsTrove.com
• RocketInfo.com
• World News Network
• Yahoo! News

View a demonstration of a news search using Ask.com