When searching for information on current topics it can be useful to locate news media articles and reputable websites. These sources are generally among the first places that current topics are discussed, can provide background information on a topic and may lead you to scholarly sources of information such as legislation, parliamentary reports and scholarly articles.
However, when sourcing information from news reports or websites remember to critically evaluate to ensure that the information they contain is of a scholarly nature and appropriate for use in university assessment tasks. The CRAP test will help you evaluate the information you find, in books, journal articles, or online to make sure it’s reliable. You can learn more about how to evaluate websites, spot fake news and recognise bias in our Evaluating websites, news and media guide.
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Use a search engine such as Google to locate suitable websites. As a general rule site domains are a good indicator of credibility. Government sites, which use the domain .gov, and educational sites, which use the domain .edu, are generally considered reputable.
To help locate these more credible sites you can limit your searches to a particular domain:
For more information on using Internet sources take a look at our Using Google effectively and Evaluating Information videos.
Australia & New Zealand Newsstream (previously known as ANZ Newsstand) is a ProQuest database which includes the full-text of Australian and New Zealand newspapers.
Open Australia & New Zealand Newsstream and try searching for the terms: mandatory sentenc* AND emergency workers. Use a separate search row for each concept, the asterisk * is a truncation symbol used to broaden your search. Alternatively try searching for keywords you identified in your own topic analysis.
Click Preview to see an abstract of each article and click the Full Text links to access the whole article.
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