Newspaper, magazine, and journal articles will give you the most up-to-date information on a topic (as opposed to books and encyclopedias). You can change the sort of your results to get the most recent articles first. You can also be more specific in your searches in the article databases. In Ebsco you can search more than once database at a time by selecting "Choose Databases" and then selecting the ones you want to include in our search.
The best strategy is to pull out the keywords describing your topic. If you havce more than one keyword, connect the keywords with "and."
EX: Unidentified flying objects
EX: UFOs and abduction
EX: UFOs and government conspiracy
HOW TO VIDEO: How to Search the US Major Dailies Database (also applies to GenderWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch)
HOW TO VIDEO: How to Search the Academic Search Complete Database (applies to all databases from Ebscohost)
