About This Database

Authoritative World News Coverage from 1940 Through Today Provides Information, Context, and Perspective

World News Digest brings together nearly seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. This unique archival record of domestic and international news, unrivaled for its depth, breadth, and accuracy, covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. World News Digest is updated twice weekly and includes a searchable hourly newsfeed. Its more than 1 million internal hyperlinks allow researchers to follow a story ahead in time and back in time, and lead to just the background information they need to understand its significance.

Highlights:

• Fast Access to Essentials: news from 1940 through today's headlines, searchable and browsable by decade, country, and issue
• Facts and Figures Researchers Can Trust: accurate, objective, concise coverage of the most vital information-relied on by schools, libraries, government agencies, and news organizations
• Information in Context: seven decades of political, economic, and cultural stories, individually linked to handpicked primary sources, background essays, illustrations, and related articles
• "Need a Research Topic?"
• Curriculum Tools: customized materials for students and educators, making World News Digest content part of the learning process.

Features:

• "Ahead in Time" and "Back in Time" links for a complete chronological chain of events
• Timelines of top stories
• Key background information-primary source documents, profiles of newsmakers, countries, and issues
• Research features and in-depth coverage guides on high-interest topics
• Searchable newsfeed, updated hourly
• Newspaper editorials and editorial cartoons with discussion questions
• World Almanac^® content and full Encyclopedia.