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NewsBank Special Reports - December 2018

NewsBank’s Special Reports are news articles, images, maps and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. They enable users to quickly locate information while helping them gain better insight into current global issues and events.

Following is a listing of ones that may be of particular interest at this time.

December Topics
People in the News - President George H.W. Bush
Natural Disasters - Alaska Earthquake
Year in Review - 2018
Issues in the News - Human Rights Month
World Politics and Government

Additional featured Reports covering current issues and events
Education Around the World
Mental Health
World Health
World Economics
World Environment

Each Special Report features current and retrospective coverage with new articles added daily.

Special Reports are easily accessible from the left side bar on your online resource menu page, on search screens and the Other NewsBank Products link in full-text newspaper products.

This video shows you how to find Special Reports, what they are and how they can be used.  http://newsbank.com/videos/how-find-use-special-reports

                    

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