Help for the AMS

Dear Mr Mac --

I seem to be having a lot of trouble finding anything for my AMS. (Well, I really haven't started looking yet, but that's only because i don't where to begin. Help!!!

Signed,

Bea Wildered

Dear Bea --

Don't despair! You've come to the right place.

First of all, go back the the AMS page on this blog. Check for any links that might be in your particular area.

If that doesn't help, go Google. Type your area, or words associated with your area into Google. See what comes up.


Next, try Google News. Type in your area or words associated with your area, and see what comes up. These will be stories that have appeared recently in newspapers (all over the world)!

Be sure not to list Google or GoogleNews as your source: give the actual site that was linked to.

If you don't like Google, there's always Yahoo! and Yahoo!News.


Besides the big search engines, there are a few other News Aggregators. (I said "aggregator", not "alligator"!)

Topix. net is a good one. Type in your area or words associated with your area, and see what comes up. (Oh, my goodness! Look what I found when I went there!)

Here's another one I just stumbled across recently: WN Networks. I don't know anything about who they are or who supports them, but the sources certainly look legitimate.

Then's there are the usual suspects: CNN, MSNBC, Fox News.

If you want to go overseas, try the BBC, or Canoe, a Canadian aggregator.

As you start finding good sources, bookmark them for ruture reference.

Hope that helps!

Mr. Mac