Are you interested in the future of news? Encyclo a resource created by the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University.

Online short and interactive learning tools; podcasts; videos/screencasts  of how-to instructions

ARTS1000:   Some junior level units in the Faculty of Arts may require you to complete ARTS1000: eSearch to Research Library Skills.  If so, please log into USYD eLearning with your unikey username and password, where you will find ARTS1000.

Please click on the tabs above to locate resources that will assist with your research.

Other useful guides:

An occasional feature column highlighting the diversity of news resources on the web. Current features includes; a news digest  which brings together oustanding news writing, an excellent resource for locating multimedia news stories and a web based independent news service.

The Browser digests quality news from a range of publications with outstanding journalism, offering a daily selection of the best features, comment and analysis articles from around the web. Looking for a book on a particular topic? The Browser offers a FiveBooks interviews, videos, quotes ...

Interractive Narratives showcases some of the best multimedia news stiries on the web. The visual stories included on this website brings together stories from news services around the world. The site is compiled by Interractive narratives and the online news association.

The Global Mail is a not for profit independent news services covering stories from all around the world.

Your Faculty Liaison Librarian for Media and Communications is Kim Wilson.

For more information see Kim's profile page.

TV News

TV News indexes Australian television news, current affairs programs, and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks and links to the video files.

Coverage is from Sept 2007 to present. Access is restricted to University of Sydney staff and students.

Possible uses of TVNews items include:

• downloading a news items to a workstation and showing this in a class or tutorial
• lecturers loading a number of news stories into a Learning Management System such as Blackboard and making these available online to students
• students searching and viewing the items online or saving a copy on their workstation for later viewing