GATHERING CURRENT INFORMATION

• News stories are written and arranged for busy people.
• Parts of a newspaper include Headline, News Article, Feature Articles, Editorial, Classified Ads, Sports Page, Entertainment Section, Announcements and Obituary Page, and Business and Finance Section.
• The Headline in a newspaper gives the most important news or fact.
• A News Article in a newspaper is a report on an event that has taken place.
• A Feature Article in a newspaper reports about an issue, person, or event with added depth and more background details.
• An Editorial in a newspaper is an article written by the editorial staff from a specific perspective.
• Classified Ads in a newspaper contain advertisements that fall under the categories like “Help”, “ Wanted ”, “For Lease / For Sale”.
• The Sports Page in a newspaper contains news on events containing sports from in and out of the country.
• The Entertainment Section in a newspaper contains info about movies, radio, television and other activities for entertainment.
• The Announcements and Obituary Page in a newspaper provides info on the activities of different religious sections and also lists people who recently died and the time and place of their burials.
• The Business and Finance Section in a newspaper contains businessmen and people interested in business with information on banking, foreign exchange rates, imports and exports, and prices of prime commodities.
• Almanac provides many quick facts and information which are very current and which are published every year.
• Yearbook provides annual documentaries, historical or memorial compendium of facts, photographs or statistics about the events of the preceding year.
• Handbook gives information such as facts on a particular subject or instructions that are intended to provide references.
• Biographical sources provide summary of data about a person, living or dead.
• Dictionaries provide information about words and their spellings, pronunciation, word meanings, and the parts of speech. 
• Thesaurus gives words with similar or related meanings. It provides synonyms, antonyms, guide words and sometimes sentence examples.
• Encyclopedias are usually a set of books which are organized alphabetically in volumes. They contain specific topics and general information about famous people, places, and things. 
• Atlas gives information about a place, maps, populations, landforms, flags and roads.
• Cookbooks provide recipes, how to cook and step by step instructions in cooking. 
• Newspapers are periodical publications containing written information about current events.