Research Center Blog

This past week, Twitter added a list feature, here at the Research Center, we decided to organize a list of news research organizations for all to follow on Twitter, here’s the link:

Twitter NewsResearch List

And, with that, here’s the latest tweets that  you may have missed for the week of 10/26/09-10/30/09:

• Check out CUNY J-School Dean Steve Shepard’s letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://bit.ly/a7RH5
• Most covered foreign officials in the media in ‘09: 1) Ahmadinejad 2) Netanyahu 3) Karzai http://tinyurl.com/yhmpjks (via @pewresearch)
• Google Social Search Goes Live http://bit.ly/3TgDO8 (via @mashable)
• Good resource for job seekers: www.glassdoor.com
• Like Partipicatory News Service? Check out Veritocracy: www.veri.com

If you haven’t done so, please follow us @cunygsjresearch.

Don’t have time to check your favorite news outlets individually? Or perhaps, you were out of touch for several days and missed the local news. Use Google News Timeline to catch up on the news! It allows you to scan news across formats (web, newspaper, news magazines, etc.) and by time period (day, week, month, etc.). This tool provides a perfect way to see how coverage for a specific topic has shaped over time (e.g., health care  reform) across the news landscape. You can even scan the news in a specific publication such as the New York Times or Daily News. Check it out!

Go to newstimeline.googlelabs.com and type in your search query, or select the timeframe you wish to scan!

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) will now retain your searches and preferences to provide customized services at PubMed.

To get started, look at the PDF created by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine here:

My NCBI

For other tutorials from PubMed, please visit the following website:

PubMed Online Training

Here’s the latest Twitter roundup for the week of October, 19-October 23, 2009:

• In defence of newspapers and serendipity http://retwt.me/15ZNl
• Anonymous sources harms the credibility of news stories http://bit.ly/3bIAg8 #RYCU (via @aejmc)
• £33m Saves World’s Greatest Newspaper Collection 4 the Nation http://bit.ly/IS6We (via @resourceshelf)
• From the Research Center’s Blog: Catch up w/ the Tweet Roundups this month, http://bit.ly/3YDL3J
• Please vote in our new poll on the Research Center’s webpage: http://www.journalism.cuny….
• State of the Blogosphere 2009 Report http://bit.ly/5eyhI (via @ellyssa)
• Check out http://www.videosurf.com/ – Video Search Engine
• Poll: Which of our databases do you use most frequently to find newspaper articles? http://bit.ly/2C1pl

Remember to follow us @cunygsjresearch for the latest tweets.

October seems to be flying by so fast — we’ve skipped the Tweet Roundup for the whole month so far. Let’s play catch up now:

Here are the tweets from 9/28-10/2/2009:

• New iPhone App from @APStylebook, http://tinyurl.com/yco99sd (via @Poynter)
• Where the News Comes From — And Why It Matters: http://tinyurl.com/y9c6uw6 (via @pewresearch)
• An Interactive Map of Banned and Challenged Books http://ff.im/-8STLu (via @MLx)
• Social Networks, Blogs Grab Bigger Share of Web http://bit.ly/1m1vY (via @resourceshelf)
• Newspapers Go to Washington, http://bit.ly/3zcTmo (via @LISNews)
• Podcast: @LRainie on the role of librarians in navigating social networks & information overload in the digital age http://is.gd/3OQ1S
• RT @pewresearch News media is less influential in shaping Americans views on health care than on other issues.http://tinyurl.com/yam5xce
• Hectic Life of Working Women: http://bit.ly/3Nacpf
• CUNY J-School Research adjunct Anne Mintz honored by Special Libraries Association: http://bit.ly/3dt4VS
• Value of Information, http://bit.ly/w9Neu (via Stephen’s Lighthouse)
• Google Launches 9 New Ways to Search – http://bit.ly/jYdjs (via @mashable)
• From the Research Center’s Blog: Need help starting your research? http://bit.ly/2jaPbx
• Death of the Newspaper, http://bit.ly/131HNs
• My “Dare to Dream” Journalism Curriculum, http://bit.ly/13B2pC (via The Changing Newsroom Blog)
• Check out Reinventing the Newsroom, http://reinventingthenewsroom.wordpress.com/

Here are the tweets from 10/5-10/9/2009:

• Covering the Great Recession: How the Media Have Depicted the Economic Crisis http://tinyurl.com/ybhkyr3 (via @pewresearch)
• Condé Nast to Close Gourmet, Cookie and Modern Bride – http://bit.ly/OFozY
• The Puzzle of Social Media, Opinions and Personality http://bit.ly/3ihazh (via @jasoncfry)
• NAA on copyrighting news Web sites http://bit.ly/49DReC
• Following Obama Nobel Prize news, Pew posts summer survey on global confidence in Obama: http://bit.ly/9JCrd

And, now we are back up to date with the latest week 10/12-10/16/2009:

• Are you more news-savvy than the average American? http://bit.ly/bvUd8 (via @pewresearch)
• Verification in the Age of Twitter: http://bit.ly/xdmqK

And remember, to get these updates more frequently, please follow us @cunygsjresearch and you can also become a Fan on Facebook: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Research Center

Check out our Subject Guide Wiki!

The wiki has been created to provide research assistance with popular or unusual pieces of information. It is now the centralized location for all of our subject guides. You can view them by concentration or topic. Most of the wikis are focused on resources about the New York City and New York State. This wiki isn’t meant to be comprehensive list of sources, please feel free to add or comment on the research wiki.

There’s also a helpful Frequently Asked Questions guide, and you can use the Tutorials and Guides page for further assistance.

Here’s the latest from the week of 9/21/09-9/25/09:

• From the Research Center’s Blog: Want to Read Books from Your Laptop? http://bit.ly/LPlXz
• RT @resourceshelf OMB Issues 2010 Release Date Schedule for Principal Federal Economic Indicators http://bit.ly/uq36H
• RT @Pew_Internet Draft transcript & mtg materials from 9/21 Health IT mtg, w/ testimony from @SusannahFox: http://bit.ly/HITpol9-18
• RT @resourceshelf Candy and Fruit Flavored Cigarettes Now Illegal in United States; New Tobacco Law.. http://bit.ly/16Q77D
• 37% say they are hearing too much about Obama; 47% say the right amount & 12% too little. http://tinyurl.com/kjo9bc (via @pewresearch)
• Google Unveils Tool to Annotate Web Sites – http://bit.ly/bpmYF
• This week in the CQ Researcher: “Interrogating the CIA” Should its role in terrorism cases be reexamined? http://tinyurl.com/cqrblog
• Join us for a discussion with @gabrieldance on presenting data on the web: http://bit.ly/WFDc0 (via @cunyjschool)
• What Divides America? http://bit.ly/17sJno (via @pewresearch)

Want these links in a more timely manner? Follow us on Twitter: @cunygsjresearch

Missed out on our Twitter feed last week? Here’s the latest from the week of 9/14/09-9/18/09:

• Pew survey: newspapers & broadcasters alienating audiences. 63% believe media inaccurate & biased: http://bit.ly/2ovpWa ( via @poynter)
• Looking to get published?! Check out the Writer’s Market 2010 book in reference section for a listing of publications!!
• RT @cqresearcher “Gays in the Military” Should the ban on homosexuals be lifted? http://tinyurl.com/cqrblog
• RT @resourceshelf NEW: American English Dialect Recordings, Over 100 Hours of Recordings http://bit.ly/RZBKu
• Mapping the Big Apple http://bit.ly/iRcEy (via @WSJ)
• VIDEO: Did You Know 4.0: http://bit.ly/GrkFK

Want these links in a more timely manner? Follow us on Twitter: @cunygsjresearch

Check out our e-book collection!

For more information, check out our older post:

Using E-Books

In case you missed it on Twitter, the Research Center will feature the latest every Monday on The Weekly Tweet Roundup

If you want these links in a more timely manner, follow us on Twitter: @cunygsjresearch

Most of these links will also be included in our Deadline Lifeline Bookmarks on Delicious, check it out: http://delicious.com/cunyjschoolresearch

Here’s the weekly roundup of valuable links that appeared on Twitter from 9/7/09-9/11/09:

• Obama’s Approval Ratings Slide:By the Numbers: http://bit.ly/3VcAED #fb
• Back to School Fact Sheet from the U.S. Census Bureau, http://bit.ly/AidrJ #fb
• Some factchecking of Obama’s speech last night http://bgyh6.tk http://45e1b.tk http://cjmae.tk ( thanks @dtut) #fb
• Spend some time today with the 911 Digital Archive http://911digitalarchive.org/ (via @tweetMETRO) #fb
• Got research? Check out the latest research from AEJMC refereed journals… Research You Can Use http://bit.ly/s3sQv (via AEJMC) #fb