NewsBank: Special Reports and Hot Topics

NewsBank regularly compiles Special Reports and Hot Topics as a part of your NewsBank subscription. Special Reports contain collections of newspaper and magazine articles on timely topics. Each collection can contain articles from publications which are not usually available in the current database subscription. Hot Topics provide currently relevant topics in many different subject areas, with thought-provoking questions and recommended search terms. Both Special Reports and Hot Topics can be found at http://infoweb.newsbank.com/.

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The latest Special Reports include:

• World Economics, which includes information on economic conditions and issues around the world. This report includes a special focus on the International Monetary Fund Conference, held September 19-20th in Singapore.
  Coverage includes:
  • The International Monetary Fund/World Bank activities
  • The global economy
  • Economic issue for each region of the world
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia and Oceania
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • United Kingdom and Ireland
  • World Geography
• National Hispanic Heritage Month
• Natural Disasters Around the World
• Conflict and Terrorism Around the World
• Sept. 11 2001

Current Hot Topics include:

-SOCIAL ISSUES - Hispanic Heritage Month -ECONOMICS - International Monetary Fund Meeting -ENVIRONMENT - Earthquake from Louisiana to Florida -ENVIRONMENT - Global Warming and Hurricanes -CIVICS, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS - Primary Results -EDUCATION - Harvard Drops Early Admissions -HEALTH - Where You Live Can Impact Life Expectancy -SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Construction on the International Space Station -SPORTS - College Football Rule Changes -FILM AND TELEVISION - Islamic TV Network Bridges TV -PEOPLE - Steve Irwin -and many more.

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