Veterans Law: Portals, News, & Media
Surveying the Landscape
The sources on this page may prove useful as a starting point to get your bearings and to see what's being talked about in the media and the public.
Contents
- Research Guides & Portals
- News & Blogs
- Evaluating News
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Research Guides & Portals
- Veterans Law LibGuide (Regent University Law Library)Includes: Primary Law, Secondary Resources, Books & Treatises, Databases & Electronic Resources, Veterans Appeals, Compensation & Pension, Education & Training, Health Care, Employment, Military Records, Other Benefits, and
Helpful Websites. - Veterans Law LibraryCovering: Primary Sources, Case Law, Secondary Sources, Oversight Sources, Developing Sources,
Agent Orange Claims, Gulf War Illness, PTSD Claims, and Useful Links. - USA.govSearch -- U.S. Government Services and Information.
What's in the News? (including Legal Blogs)
- LEGAL BLOGS (BlawgSearch) JustiaBrowse or search. Scan the most recent postings from MILITARY LAW blogs (See categories listed).
- Google BLOG Search(search=veterans law)
Try some other searches!
- Law360 This link opens in a new windowNews and Analysis database. Restricted to law students; also available via Law School Lexis subscriptions.
- More News ResourcesNewspaper databases and search engines
Evaluating News Sources
- False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical “News” SourcesA categorized list by Melissa Zimdars
- Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media ManipulationUniversity of Oxford Working paper no. 2017.12
Twitter Resources
Twitter is a social media site where one can find links, and current topics of discussion.
Among others, there are many government officials, journalists, academics who post on Twitter.
- Twitter SearchSee the results for this Twitter Search: veterans law
and try additional searches here (or in the search box at TOP RIGHT of screen):
Some sample Twitter searches:
Some veteran-related Twitter Accounts:
Erie County Veterans @CountyVeterans
Dept of Veterans Affairs @DeptVetAffairs
VeteransToday @veteranstoday
For the Veterans @ForTheVeterans
Veterans Law Library @avemarialibrary
Veterans Health @VeteransHealth
StatesideLegal.org @statesidelegal
Military Assistance Project (MAP) @MapPhiladelphia
Able Veterans @AbleVeterans
Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl
VoteVets @votevets
Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes
Hiring Our Heroes@hiringourheroes
Debbie Burak @DearVADotCom
Selected Twitter Lists:
A list is a curated group of Twitter accounts.
VA Medical Centers (91 members) by Veterans Affairs
Military (120 Members) A public list by Veterans Affairs
Veterans Organizations (48 Members) A public list by Veterans Affairs
Cabinet Level Agencies (20 Members) A public list by Veterans Affairs
VA (99 Members) A public list by Veterans Affairs
employment (54 Members) A public list by Able Veterans
non-profits (52 Members) A public list by Able Veterans
vetbenefits (34 Members) A public list by Veterans Updates
Veteran resources (44 Members) A public list by by Stars and Stripes
Veterans Agenda (49 members) A public list by Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
military family (94 members) A public list by Pets for Patriots
Pentagon Press Corps (79 Members) A public list by U.S. Dept of Defense
Stripes reporters (36 members) A public list by Stars and Stripes
MilitaryOrganizations (241 Members) by ILoveMyTroops.com
Other lists by AbleVeterans
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Selected Twitter Hashtags:
A hashtag is used to index or bring together posts on specific topics on Twitter.