Magazines & Newspapers
AFRO-American Newspapers
Founded in 1892, this family-owned
newspaper features national news as well as local coverage in the Baltimore-Washington,
DC metropolitan areas.
Baltimore Business
Journal
The latest business news updated throughout the day.
Baltimore Chronicle and
Sentinel
Presents progressive and alternative
viewpoints to communities, organizations, and individuals.
Baltimore
City Paper
An alternative source of news and opinions on local politics,
communities, culture, and the arts for the Baltimore metropolitan
area.
BCPL's Magazine
Databases
Search for full text articles in magazines and journals that cover many subjects
including general news, peer reviews, social issues, business, health,
education, general science, multi-cultural subjects, and more. Several are
geared to students, from kindergarten through twelfth grade.
BCPL's
Newspaper Databases, Current and Historic
Search for articles in the Baltimore Sun
from September 16, 1990 through the present. Also search the
Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Christian
Science Monitor.
Baltimore
Jewish Times
The Baltimore Jewish Times is Maryland’s largest
Jewish weekly publication. Founded in 1919 by David Alter, it is one of North
America’s largest Jewish weekly publications serving the Jewish community.
Baltimore Magazine
America's oldest city magazine, celebrating
Baltimore since 1907. Whether you're looking for the best place in town to eat
steamed crabs or you want to read about prominent people, arts and culture, and
sports, Baltimore magazine offers the best coverage of the city.
Baltimore's Child
A monthly magazine serving parents in Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and
northern Anne Arundel, Howard, Carroll and Harford Counties, with information
about services and events for parents and children in the Baltimore metropolitan
area.
Enoch Pratt Free Library Periodicals Department
Located in Baltimore City, the central branch of EPFL
maintains an in-depth, retrospective collection of journals, magazines, and
newspapers in paper, microfilm, and online full-text formats.
The
Jeffersonian
Published twice a week, it has been Baltimore County's newspaper of record
since 1858, presenting legal, business, government, and political news to
the entire county.
Maryland State Archives - Newspaper Collections
Access to the newspapers is
mainly through microfilm available at the Maryland State Archives,
located in
Annapolis, Maryland. Searchable by date, title or county.
Senior Digest
Large-print newspaper
filled with information essential to County seniors including: news, travel, senior center activities, entertainment, legal issues, financial
questions and answers, Medicare updates, Social Security information,
nutrition news, and more.
World-newspapers.com
provides links to thousands of news sources
covering every world's country and many of subjects. All listed sites are in
English and provide free online content.
Worldpress.org
a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of
perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press
outside the United States, as well as originally written material.
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Multilingual News Sources
BBC Mundo.com
News in Spanish from around the world.
BBC World Service
News and audio in over 30 languages covering the Americas, Africa, Central Asia,
Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Asian Pacific.
Foreign
Language News and Newspapers
Links to online journals, newspapers, and magazines in Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
Korea.net
The official website of the republic of Korea, providing information on
government agencies, festivals and events, as well as other useful and
interesting information about Korea. Presented in English. Managed by the Korean
Culture and Information Service.
Korean News
Daily news from the Korean Central News Agency, the state-run agency of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Available in English and
Korean.
Mediatico.com
Covers media from around the world, including blogs, radio,
newspapers and television. Main page is in Spanish, with links to Argentine,
English, French, German, Italian, and
Mexican versions as well.
Newspapers and News Media Guide
Links arranged by regions and countries to newspapers,
broadcast stations, internet services, magazines,
and press agencies.
Pravda.ru
Daily news about events in Russia and around the world. Can be read in English,
Russian, Italian or Portuguese.
Radio Bilinque: Cadena de Radio de la
Comunidad Latino
This satellite network was formed to provide
stations with news, information, and cultural programming in Spanish and musical
programs showcasing a variety of Latino formats with emphasis on Mexican folk
and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Satélite Radio Bilingüe builds on Radio Bilingüe's
decades-old tradition of talk programs, special events coverage and its flagship
news service, Noticiero Latino, for stations across the United States, Puerto
Rico and Mexico.
V-me (pronounced veh-meh)
Carried on basic digital cable in major markets across the country via satellite
24-hours a day, V-me is a youthful, contemporary mix of original productions,
exclusive premieres, and popular public television programs specially adapted
for American Latinos.
Washington Hispanic
Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, this Spanish-language newspaper serves the
metropolitan Washington, Maryland and Virginia areas.
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News
Services &
Search Tools
Finding and Evaluating Electronic News Sources
"While the Web has great potential as an information source, it also has its
pitfalls. Unlike traditional newspapers which need large circulations to operate
profitably, Web sites often serve small audiences, whose members have similar
interests and/or attitudes. They can afford to be less balanced in the
information they provide. Be careful not to only visit sites that repeat to you
what you already think. Get multiple perspectives!" This site offers some
suggestions.
Maryland Newspapers and
News Sources
Links to local newspapers and news sources from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore.
Organized by frequency of publication, can be resorted into alphabetical
order by city of origin.
News Agencies
These newsgathering agencies supply news reports to
newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. They are also
known as wire services or news services.
Newspapers.com
National, international, college and university newspapers.
NFB-Newsline
This twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week free service from the National
Federation for the Blind is for anyone who
cannot read printed newspapers due to vision loss, dyslexia, or a physical
disability. It brings information primarily found in newspapers to people through the telephone.
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Radio
and
Television
Maryland Public Television (MPT)
Statewide, national, international,
and business news every weekday evening.
Public Broadcasting System
Provides documentaries, dramatic entertainment, digital learning
content for pre-K-12 grades, and other educational services.
Radio and Television
Links to television stations by state and then network affiliation, to radio
stations by state and format, and directly to the United States radio,
television, and regional networks.
Radio-Locator
United States and world stations on the web. Search by state, city, zip
code, call letters, and station format.
Indicates if the station
broadcasts its audio on the Internet.
Television
Networks
Most network sites highlight current programming and offer many special
features to viewers. Contact information for questions or comments is
usually at the bottom of their home page.
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Time, Tides & Lunar Phases
Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS)
The Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS) was developed
to improve and expand upper, middle, and lower bay water-level
information for the maritime community. CBOFS runs four times per
day to generate model forecast guidance of water-levels throughout
the bay for 24 hours into the future.
Data Services - Naval Oceanography Portal
Sun and Moon rise and set times, Moon phases, eclipses, seasons, positions of
solar system objects, and other data.
Daylight
Saving Time
Learn about the history
of daylight saving, the standardization of time, and when regions around the
world "spring ahead" and "fall back".
Local Time Around the World
Current time in each nation. Converters available to convert time
between time zones.
Official U.S. Time
This public service is cooperatively provided by the two time agencies of the
United States: a Department of Commerce agency, the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the U. S. Naval
Observatory (USNO). Readings from the clocks of these agencies contribute to
world time, called Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Sky at a Glance
This week's sky at a glance from Sky and Telescope magazine.
Includes information on celestial objects and phenomena, sky blogs, photos,
observation tools, and an interactive sky chart.
Time
Zone Converter
Know what time
it is where you are? Figure out what time it is anywhere in the world!
Water Level Tidal Predictions - Maryland
Includes predicted tides and latest observations from
water-level stations along the outer coast, eastern and western shores of the
Chesapeake Bay, and Chincoteague Bay.
World Clock
Current local times around the world. The main list is sorted by city
name, but the list can also be sorted by country or time zone. Users can
also create their own "personal world clock" to display just the times in
specifically selected cities.
World
Time Zones
A static map showing the time zones around the world, provided by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO).
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Traffic
Information
Baltimore Traffic
Live traffic map of the greater Baltimore area. Can also plot
estimated drive time between specific locations.
Bay Bridge (US
50/301)
Travel advisories, traffic alerts, bridge construction, lane closures
provided by the the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Site includes links to information about the history of the bridge, fun facts,
and bay-related games for children. Can also register to receive email alerts
about the latest bridge information. (official name: William Preston Lane, Jr.
Memorial Bay Bridge)
CHART
- Coordinated Highways
Action Response Team
Local travel information, live traffic video, real-time traffic maps,
Maryland weather, Snow Emergency Plans, Weather Related Road Closures and
State Highway Administration Traveler Advisories.
Maryland Traffic Information
Links to information on current traffic conditions, incident reports, road
construction, interactive maps, traffic cameras, speed sensors and lane
closures. Also includes links to traffic information for Montgomery County
and Washington, DC area roads.
William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bay
Bridge (US 50/301)
Travel advisories, traffic alerts, bridge construction, lane closures
provided by the the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Site includes links to information about the history of the bridge, fun
facts, and bay-related games for children. Can also register to receive
email alerts about the latest bridge information. (locally referred to as
simply "The Bay Bridge")
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Weather
Baltimore/Washington Unique Local Climate Data
Average monthly temperatures, precipitation, snowfall, normals, means and
extremes, climate graphs, average yearly rainfall maps, monthly temperature
records, national snow climatology, and certified weather records.
Current Air Quality
Current and extended air quality forecast for the metropolitan
Baltimore area. Can also sign up to receive air quality alerts via email.
Drought Status
in Maryland
Current conditions,
drought indicators,
local water restrictions,
enforcement, variances and exemptions.
El Niño
and La Niña
Answers to frequently asked questions, impacts and prediction benefits,
animations and graphics. Links to information in Spanish and Portuguese.
Lightning Explorer
Recent lightning activity across the entire continental U.S. The lightning
data displayed is 20 minutes delayed and updated every 20 minutes. Get the
latest map available by clicking "Refresh" under the map. The map shows a
2-hour time period with lightning data color coded in 20-minute increments.
Marine Forecasts and
Observations
Clickable map provides forecasts and observations for the Baltimore/Washington
area marine zones. Site also provides links to Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake
Bay buoy data, rip current information, wave forecasting, surface
temperatures and wind.
Maryland Weather
Weather Underground's state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and
forecasts for locations across the world, providing free, real-time online
weather information. WunderMap™,
the web's most interactive weather map, allows users to choose from a number
of different weather layers that are plotted on top of a dynamic map
interface.
National Hurricane Center
Issues coastal tropical cyclone watches and warnings for the United States and
its Caribbean territories and provides watch and warning recommendations to
other World Meteorological Organization Region IV meteorological services.
The National Hurricane Center is co-located with the National Weather
Service Miami-South Florida Weather Forecast Office on the campus of Florida
International University in Miami, Florida.
National Weather Service Office
- Baltimore/Washington
Current weather and climate forecasts for the United States and nearby waters. Marine, aviation,
hurricane, severe weather, and fire weather forecasts.
Meteorological Calculators
Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, calculate wind chill, relative humidity, heat
index, or wind speed. Provided by the National Weather Service Office in
Peachtree City, Georgia.
Pollen and Mold
Levels
The National Allergy Bureau is the section of the
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's (AAAAI) Aeroallergen
Network that is responsible for reporting current pollen and mold spore
levels to the public.
The network is comprised of approximately 78
pollen and spore counting stations
throughout the United States, two counting stations in Canada, and two
counting stations in Argentina.
Space Weather Prediction
Center
The nation's official source of space weather alerts, watches and warnings.
Provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical
events which impact satellites, power grids, communications, navigation, and
other technology.
U.S. Comparative Climate Data
The Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) database includes a complete
collection of historical climate data for the northeastern United States as well
as continually updated National Weather Service weather observations and
forecasts. Includes highest and lowest temperature records, degree day data,
amount of precipitation, and wind data.
United
States Interactive Climate Pages
Point and click climate information for individual cities in the US. Obtain
the climatologies of temperature, precipitation and other variables for
cities throughout the United States and its possessions.
Watches, Warnings
or
Advisories for Maryland
This page shows alerts currently in effect for
Maryland and is normally updated every two-three minutes. Can also receive
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories via email or RSS
feed.
Winter
Storm Center: Baltimore County
Links to County Closing Information and Policies. Also explains the Snow
Emergency Plan and provides links to information about snow removal regulations
and protective measures for dealing with intense cold.
Winter
Storm Information
Access links to snow emergency plans, weather-related road closures, Maryland
State office closings, Federal Government operating status, and area-side road
conditions.
Winter Storm Operations: Baltimore County
Find out how the Bureau of Highways chooses which streets
to plow and when, how to avoid having your driveway blocked or plowed in, how to
drive in the snow on the same roads the snowplow is on, plus ways to avoid
having your car plowed in or damaged, snow facts, and answers to frequently
asked questions.
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Weather Emergency & Disaster Preparedness
Baltimore County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
(local interest)
Information on hot weather survival, flooding and flood insurance ,
personal and pet preparedness in weather emergencies,
and emergency notification methods.
Monitor television and radio news for instructions from local authorities.
DisabilityPreparedness.gov
General disability preparedness information, disability-specific
preparedness, disaster-specific preparedness, and assistive technology for
emergencies.
Disaster Readiness Tips for Owners of Pets or Service
Animals [PDF] (local interest)
Include pets or service animals in your emergency plan now. Don’t wait until
real disaster narrows or eliminates choices. Find out how to create a “ready
kit” with supplies necessary to sustain your pet or service animal for a
week or more.
Emergency
Evacuation Preparedness
[PDF]
A guide for people with disabilities and other activity
limitations. Learn about evacuation assistance devices, refuge/rescue
assistance, emergency plans, fire department issues, and additional
preparedness resources.
Emergency Preparedness Information (local interest)
More on how Baltimore County residents can prepare for natural disasters and severe
weather emergencies. Offers information for people with and without
disabilities, families with children, and pet owners.
Insurance Preparedness for Natural Disasters
(local interest)
The Maryland Insurance Administration encourages citizens to be prepared for
natural disasters by reviewing and understanding their insurance coverage
and by considering the purchase of flood insurance.
Maryland Emergency
Management Agency
(local interest)
Coordinates the state response in any major emergency or
disaster. This includes supporting local governments as needed or requested, and
coordinating assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other
federal partners. Check out the preparedness information for homeowners,
businesses, pet owners, animal facilities, and farms with livestock. Can also
receive updates via email or RSS feed during disasters and emergencies.
Natural Disasters and Severe Weather
Describes types of disasters and weather emergencies, lists resources to address
health and safety concerns, provides information for pet owners. Can also
receive information via email or RSS feed.
Prepare.org: Disaster Preparedness
Information
Information for seniors, persons with disabilities, pet owners, parents and
educators
to help you and your family prepare for natural and human-caused disasters.
Available in Spanish, French, Russian, Tagalog, and several other languages.
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