Green River LibGuides: ENGL 235 Introduction to Technical Communication (Frazier): Step 1: Choose your Site

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Education Resources to Explore

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Browse the Higher Education and K-12 Education professional publications and tools below to get a sense of the current conversation in academia and to find ideas relevant to Green River College.

Higher Ed

Chronicle of Higher Education
Publishes news, commentary and job openings in higher education. Updated daily. Log in using your faculty or student info, or create a personal account on chronicle.com using your GRC email address and then use your personal username and password for access from anywhere!

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Online News source: Our mission is to provide our audience information that is honest, thorough and balanced. Diverse seeks to be a catalyst for change, and our ultimate objective is to contribute to the building of educational, cultural, social and economic structures that will allow every individual to achieve his or her full human potential and contribute to the greater good of the community and the nation.
Inside Higher Ed
Find news and opinion pieces on the state of higher education in the United States.
Real Talk: A Diversity in Higher Ed Podcast
A podcast "Addressing issues of equity and inclusion with authenticity and vulnerability"
CCRC: Community College Research Center
Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE)
Research on the experiences of community college students

K-12

Education Week
Available online from 1995-present
eSchoolNews

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Business Journalism to Explore

The Wall Street Journal (website)
Business Week
Forbes Magazine
Available in Business Source from 1990-Present
Fortune
Directs to the publication's website
The Economist
Reports on and offers analysis of international news, world politics, business, finance, science, and technology. Full text available from 1988 to present
Marketplace Radio
New York Times: Business
The online business section of the NY TImes

Newspapers -- Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Search several hundred U.S. and International newspapers as well as regional business publications, providing more than 60 million full text articles.
Business Collection (ProQuest)
Search ABI/INFORM, The Wall Street Journal and ProQuest business journals in one search.

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Non-Profit Organization News to Explore

NonProfit Quarterly
"NPQ advances critical conversations that support and develop nonprofit, philanthropy, and social movement policies and practices. In so doing, we seek and center a wide range of voices. In addition to NPQ staff, we rely heavily on the wisdom of nonprofit, philanthropy, and movement field leaders, who contribute to NPQ as writers, webinar leaders, and advisers."
Nonprofit Business Advisor
Full text since 2009 with a 1 year delay. In Ebsco Business Source Complete
Nonprofit Communications Report
"Covers topics related to nonprofit communications, including publicity, branding, employee events, annual reports, web presence, etc." In Ebsco Business Source Complete
Nonprofit Times
"News and "how to" information on funding and management for any nonprofit organization." in ebsco Small Business Reference Center

News Sources

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Local News

The Seattle Times
Washington state's largest circulating newspaper. Print editions available in Holman Library
The News Tribune
Tacoma and regional newspaper, with local and national news section.
Auburn Reporter
Puget Sound Business Journal
Get news on regional businesses, the economy, and the environment. Some content is freely available online.
KUOW
Local National Public Radio affiliate with some local programming
KNKX

National and International News

Newspapers -- ProQuest Newspapers
National and Washington newspapers. To see included titles, enter the database, click on the Databases Selected; link at the top left, scroll down to ProQuest Newspapers and click on View Titles.
Newspapers -- Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Includes selected national, international and regional newspaper articles, as well as television and news radio transcripts.