News

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Specialized databases

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Growing collection of over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary with start dates beginning January of 1996, and a 365 day rolling file for the New York Times.

LexisNexis Academic
One of the largest and most popular databases in higher education, LexisNexis Academic provides comprehensive access to full-text government, news, business, and legal publications.

World News Digest
Issues & Controversies is a reference database that combines authoritative factual analysis, covering clear explanations of opposing points of view.

Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

eLibrary Current Events
Nearly 200 current newspapers, as well as sections on topical issues and archived news stories. If not taken directly to this specific eLibrary page, click the link a second time.

Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

 

Web links

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Library of Congress shows scanned newspaper pages from 1900 to 1910, and indexes information about newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present.