This guide is designed to help you find and analyze news and information to become an informed and active citizen. Using the tabs above, you can access digital newspaper subscriptions and library databases for news from around the world, find fact checking resources, and obtain voter information.

Democracy depends on active and engaged citizens working together to address issues facing the community. Civic engagement can take on many forms as people come together to identify problems and implement solutions. 

Image from Illinois State University's Center for Civic Engagement. 

https://civicengagement.illinoisstate.edu/faculty-staff/engagement-types/