Wonding what's going on in West Palm Beach or Bowling Green, Kentucky? What about Sao Paulo, Brazil? or New Dehli, India? You can now find news sources from all over the world in Access World News, which contains local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources including newspapers, magazines, broadcast transcripts, newswires, and news videos.

DePaul's interface offers shortcuts to local news sources, like the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Redeye, as well as key national papers, such as the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Access World News offers an easy to use keyword search for these individual titles, or you can browse issues by date, giving users an alternative to Lexis Nexis. And once you find an article you like, it is a snap to email yourself the full text, print it out, or export the citation information.

If you are looking for international news, you can use the interactive world map to choose a continent of interest, and then drill down to the country, state, and city level to browse local news sources in Egypt, Zimbabwe, or Bangladesh. 

Looking for a quiet place to study for finals in the wee hours of the morning? The Richardson Library has you covered! The Library will be open for DePaul students 24 hours a day from 10:00am Sunday June 7th through 6:00pm Friday June 12th.

The entrance of the library will be locked at 11:00pm and library access will be restricted to the DePaul community at this time.  Students can enter the library by swiping their DePaul i.d.s through the card reader located to the left of the main entrance. Later, during the hours of 1:00am-7:00am, the outer doors of the building will be locked and students may enter the building using the cardswipe entrance on the west (Quad side) doors only. DePaul security will be patrolling the library throughout the night to ensure safety.

For study breaks, DePaul Dining Services will be offering coffee, tea, and other beverages, as well as a variety of snacks, for purchase in Kelly Hall (outside the main entrance to the Library) from 10:00pm until 7:00am.

Good luck, students! 

DePaul University Libraries, in partnership with the Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of Mission & Values, is excited to announce the second year of Operation Read and Restore!

The mission of Operation R&R is to send gift packages of books, movies, and magazines to support the morale of our troops by ensuring that those serving overseas in military outposts know their loved ones and communities care about them. Members of the DePaul community (students, staff, faculty, and alumni) have the opportunity to "adopt" service men and women serving overseas who  have a connection to DePaul, but we need your help! If you are a current student, staff or faculty member, or alumnus and have a loved one serving overseas in the military, please put him or her up for adoption! http://alumni.depaul.edu/operationRAndR/SubmitASoldier.aspx

See complete details about Operation Read and Restore at our website: http://alumni.depaul.edu/operationRAndR/

   

The Loop Campus Library and computer labs will close at 8:00pm on election night, November 4th and the DePaul Center building access will be restricted beginning at 7:00pm.  Libraries at DePaul’s other campuses will be open normal hours that evening.  All buildings and academic functions at the Loop Campus will be closed down by 8:30 so students, faculty, and staff are able to leave campus before the rally in nearby Grant Park for Senator Obama begins at 8:30.  Chicago city officials anticipate as many as one million people may attend the rally.

Finding your polling place is easy.  Just visit the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago at http://www.chicagoelections.com/

Click on "Find Your Election Day Polling Place" on the left of the page.  Enter your address and last name and voila! your polling place will appear.  If you live outside Cook County, your polling place information can also be found from this website.  Just scroll down a bit and choose your county.  Happy Voting!

Wondering about the factual accuracy of political TV ads, debates and interviews or are you looking for a light-hearted approach to your presidential race coverage?  Then you may be interested in the following two websites.

FactCheck.org

Monitors factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

PolitiFact.com

Offers the latest election coverage, published by the Congressional Quarterly and the St. Petersberg Times. The website provides a light-hearted approach to reporting on the presidential race with sections like Truth-O-Meter, Flip-O-Meter, Attack File and Our Rulings.

*Wordclouds taken from the 2nd Presidential Debate (1st cloud taken from Obama, 2nd cloud taken from McCain). Anonymous creator using Wordle. You can make your own wordclouds at www.wordle.net