Richard C. Rath, HNSource, the Central Information Source for Historians at the University of Kansas started Omnivore in 1994. The Omnivore is a menu of pointers to sources of daily news and information. It is organized in a way to make getting the day's news quick, accurate, and up-to-date, while allowing easy access to background information to whatever depth the reader desires. This is a non-commercial service, free to all end-users.