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How do you decide which news database to consult?
News Resources Tutorial
The Yale University Library subscribes to a number of news databases. Some
of these contain current news information, others are historical. Some contain
the full text of many news sources, others cover just one title. Listed below
are some of the most commonly used news resources. For additional news resources
see also Databases & Article Searching: News
Resources.
LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE
Learn about Academic Universe
Full-text news and information service that provides access to newspapers,
magazines, business and legal information, etc.
FACTIVA
(formerly Dow Jones Interactive)
Factiva contains sources from 118 countries and 22 languages, and 120 continuously
updated newswires.
Coverage includes:
- Same-day and archival coverage of The Wall Street Journal,Washington Post,
The Globe and Mail, Financial Times, Handelsblatt, Les Echos, South China Morning
Post, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Straits Times, Yomiuri
Shimbun, and local newspapers from every corner of the globe.
- Newswires include Dow Jones, Reuters, Associated Press, Asia Pulse, and
over 120 other continuously updating industry, press release and local newswires.
- Transcripts from BBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, NPR and more.
WORLD NEWS CONNECTION
Learn about WNC
Provides latest two years worth of full text and summaries of articles, speeches,
TV & radio broadcasts, etc. collected and translated by the Foreign Broadcast
Information Service.
OTHER NEWS SOURCES
Learn about Other News Sources
A selected bibliography of other sources at Yale for locating current and historical
news and information.
What kinds of things might one find in a news resource?
- Local, national and international news published in newspapers, magazines,
wire services or transcripts.
- Book, movie, theater reviews
- Business information
- Editorials
How do you decide which news database to consult?
- Are you looking for local, national, or international news?
- Do you need current information or something published in the past?
- Do you know the exact item you want, or are you trying to find out what
has been written on a particular topic?
- Do you care where the news was published: newspapers, magazines, transcripts?
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This file last modified 06/08/05
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