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Early edition -- post Tues. am (by 10)
Late edition -- post Fri. am (by 10)

High content turnover -- daily updates -- Check weekly - high priority -- People/Cultures
Collating sites -- Important Sites with fewer updates -- Adventure/exploration sites -- Low priority sites --
Full text searchable newspapers -- Gov. agency press releases -- Magazines -- News by e-mail alert

WWW sites	When to check	Content Notes	Special Instructions
Priority source/high content turnover -- Daily updates
BBC News Sci-Tech [UK]	both; check morning of posting	scroll down to subcategories also	also check World Regions for people/cultures stories
Archaeological News Archaeology Mag. - current news		main sources for Archaeol./Paleo.	updated daily; be selective
New York Times Science & Health	Tuesday am.; daily as times allows	--	Site requires free registration (Ctrl-F) Tuesday is major Science coverage
Planet Ark/Reuters [Australia]	both; check morning of posting	--	daily updates early (from Australia) Monday's news may have appeared previous week in other Reuters sources.
Nature News [UK]	check morning of posting		daily
Science Daily	Early & Late		Research news -- be selective [duplicates EurekAlert to great extent]
Mountain West News	posted 9 am Mountain time		links to env. news stories on the Rockies+ -- M-F; find links to previous week under recent editions on right column.
Daily Sightline formerlyTidepool	updates at 8 & 9 am. PST	check only if early in day	good sci/env. coverage from Pacific NW & nationwide -- find links to previous days on calendar in right column
Collating sites -- frequent updates (useful for quick check on recent news) top
Yahoo Science Wires and Full Coverage	both; check morning of posting	--	originating link is Reuters; see also AP and AFP; also scan full coverage for current posts
ENN			daily updates -- may duplicate other services; e-mail service
TerraDaily			good for weather/nat. disasters. Has AFP.
Check weekly -- high priority top
Science Mag. Online and ScienceNOW	Check Friday am.		Full text of Science Mag. available only to users on the NGS network. ScienceNOW stories available to the public for one month from publication.
Important Sites with fewer updates top
Christian Science Monitor	daily		links to past five editions restored to left-side of print edition page; you can sign up to have headlines delivered via e-mail.
Physorg.com
Live Science
National Geographic News
Space.com see also: Universe Today Red Orbit CNN Space	Early & Late, as time permits	--	good space coverage
L.A. Times Science/Environment	Early/Late	look for articles of regional or national interest	Site requires free registration. First to post AP Science stories, but prefer links that do not require registration when available.
Washington Post			Site requires free registration.
Technology Review
MSNBC News	Early/Late	Includes wire stories in their entirety, sometimes with supplement.
ABCNews	Early/Late	Includes wire stories in their entirety, sometimes with supplement.
WWF Newsroom
Reuters/Environment
IUCN News			good coverage of international conservation
BrightSurf (NEW)	check AFTER other sources, as needed		BACK problematic
Adventure/Exploration -- for news search tips, -- use for 'fishing' by keyword top
MountEverest.net
Explorersweb
Google News search			can sort by date to find latest adds
Alta Vista News search	set date to last 7 days		use if Google unavailable
Expedition News			Updated Monthly
Peoples/Culture sources top
BBC World Regions: Africa - Americas - Asia-Pacific - Europe - Middle East - South Asia	check once per posting session
NPR including Radio Expeditions	audio files	Click here for program availability & posting schedule.	Radio Expeditions may have several parts.
Cultural Survival	New!		weekly indigenous news stories (subscribe to email alert); also quarterly Voices and
CNN Regions: Asia -- Europe
Time Regions: Asia -- Europe -- Pacific -- Canada -- U.S.	weekly, as time permits
VOA News U.S.A. - Africa - Americas - Asia - Europe - Middle East
AAG SmartBrief
Check weekly or less -- low priority top
Science News	early ed.	--	Published on Sat.; look at Selected Full Text articles
ScienceNow			daily updates (incorporates Daily InScight)
Great Lakes Region enews
IOL Sci/Tech			South Africa - incl. environ.
Scientific American			daily; but usually duplicates other news sites
Sydney Morning Herald - Environment
Earthwire Africa			daily overview of environmental news from 14 countries in southern Africa selected from 40 newspapers.
Newspapers with search for/full text of previous articles top
The Guardian The Independent Financial Times The Telegraph	New Zealand Herald (6 mos.) StraitsTimes (7 day search/browse) Sydney Morning Herald (10 day - browse only)	Times of India (30 days at least)	National Post (60 days) Globe & Mail	USA Today Chicago Tribune (7 days; req. reg.) Sun Sentinnel (7 days) Rocky Mountain News Anchorage Daily News Oregonian Idaho Statesman Sacramento Bee Arizona Daily Sun Seattle Post-Intelligencer Press-Enterprise Durango Herald
Fed. Govt. Agency Press Releases -- check if relevant and timely top
Today@NASA	NOAA	USGS	Census Bureau	Interior
NPS	USFWS	NSF	State Dept DipNote Blog
Magazines check monthly -- time permitting (new material usually posted mid-month) top
Earth Magazine (formerly Geotimes)		mag. monthly; weekly updates	selected articles and news
Smithsonian Mag.		monthly	includes link to full text in pdf
Outside Mag.	--	monthly	--look for substantive articles; also adventure news
News by e-mail alert top
Moreover enviroment news and science news	--	--	links open in new window; sign up for daily e-mail service at http://w.moreover.com/environment/ and http://w.moreover.com/science/ (plug your e-mail address into the box "your e-mail here" above Get these headlines by email on the left-hand side.)
Christian Science Monitor	Sun - Thurs.		Sign up for headlines and/or science/environmenal news (but this will miss the culture stories)
New Scientist	daily updates	may need to enhance news titles	via weekly e-mail service; now only news avail. on web site
Grist	daily		e-mail service daily or weekly
ENN			daily updates; e-mail service
Policy precludes linking -- DO NOT USE top
Science Week	DO NOT USE	--	--

How to handle Articles in Frames

Single click left mouse in frame; right click mouse; select Open Frame in New Window from menu. The url in the new window is the correct one to copy to HotMetal.

Keywords to use for 'fishing' -- esp. for Adventure/Exploration articles:

expedition
explorer -suv -ford -microsoft -internet
climber
adventurer
mountaineer -suv -football -sports -WVU
Everest
himalaya
polar
arctic
antarctic
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for general disasters/catastrophic events:

earthquake
volcano
landslide
avalanche
flood
etc.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ images related to natural events

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