Freshman Scholars Institute Research Resources: 5)News Sources

ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides retrospective coverage of several U.S. newspapers going back to the first issue in full text, including:

• New York Times (1851-2005)
• Wall Street Journal (1889-1991)
• Washington Post (1877-1992)
• Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
• Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (1868-1939)
• Los Angeles Times (1881-1996)

Reader's Guide (1890-1982)

• Provides comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S.

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)

• Provides full text of more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers from all 50 states.

ABYZ News Links

• Portal to online news sources from around the world.
• Links to newspaper sites, broadcast stations, Internet services, magazines and press agencies.
• Be aware the news sources are often not in English.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports

• Provides full text of the Daily Reports mentioned above for the years 1974-1996.
• At present, reports for Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania and the Middle East/Near East are available.
• Other regions will be added later. For regions not covered, see the microfiche reports mentioned above.

World News Connection

• Continues coverage of the FBIS reports mentioned above from 1994 to present with full text.

Lexis Nexis Academic

• Provides full text access to news from across the U.S. and around the world.
• Coverage of most newspapers goes back to the mid 1980s, but varies widely.
• Click on the News tab at the top to begin your search.

NewsBank (Access World News)

• Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers from the United States and around the world.
• Use the clickable map to select a country or state to search.

Factiva

• Database from Dow Jones & Reuters that provides full text access to various newspapers and news wire services.

ProQuest Newspapers

• Provides full text of the New York Times (1995+), Wall Street Journal (1982+), Los Angeles Times (1985+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+).

Alt-Press Watch (1970-present)

• Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses.

Ethnic Newswatch (1960-present)

• Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish).

Google News

• Pulls together related headlines and photos from Internet news sources worldwide.
• Stories are updated continuously throughout the day- useful for breaking news.
• Enables you to see how different news organizations around the world report the same events.

National Public Radio

• Internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.
• Provides a searchable, full-audio archive of programs back to 1996.

Public Broadcasting System

• Site highlights PBS news-related programs, including Frontline, POV, NOW, NewsHour and NOVA.
• Transcripts, audio, and video files of previous broadcasts are available.
• Podcasts and RSS are available on this site.

Vanderbilt University Television News Archive

• The most extensive archive of television news dating back to 1968.
• Evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks.
• Access to TV-NewsSearch is free, but requires registration.
• You may request video segments (on loan only) for your research for a fee.
• The fees (up to a limit) are covered by our Interlibrary Loan Services, so contact a librarian before placing an order.