Research Guide: News
News & Current Events Databases
AP ImagesOffers images of current events, people in the news, historical figures, political leaders, sports greats, and more.
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CQ ResearcherFull text of CQ Researcher reports on major U.S. social, economic and political issues.
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InfoTrac NewsstandAccess to more than 1,000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers, and leading titles from around the world. (Does not include The Oregonian).
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Left IndexLeads to articles in left-leaning periodicals about politics, economics, and society.
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Newspaper AbstractsIndexes articles from 1989 to the present from Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Post, Los Angeles Times, and others
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World News ConnectionCompiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events.
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Guide to Indexes
Oregon Newspapers IndexIndex to The Portland Oregonian from Dec. 1850-1987; The Register-Guard, and UofO campus newspaper.
Individual news publications
Chronicle of Higher EducationProvides news reports and editorials on all facets of higher education in the United States, Canada, and abroad, with reference lists of relevant research, books, seminars, workshops, fellowships, and grants; for senior administrative, business, and academic officers.
Guides to online publications
NewsDirectory.comDirectory of English-language media, with more than 14,000 links to newspapers, magazines, television stations, colleges, visitor bureaus, governmental agencies and more.
NewsVoyagerThe Newspaper Assn. of America provides links to U.S. daily and weekly newspapers, Canadian and international dailies, newspaper groups, associations and other media organizations.
Media-LinkKidon Media-Link is an independent non-profit site on the internet. The newspapers and other news sources on Media-Link are listed by continents; there are also eight pages organized by language.
NewPagesAn online guide focusing on non-corporate sources of news.
NewsLink9,000 links to newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and news services worldwide.
Television News ArchiveBegun in 1968, this archive of television news holds "more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline..."
U. S. News Archives on the WebFrom the News Division of the Special Libraries Association. (*Watzek Library provides alternative (i.e. free) means of obtaining past articles - ask a librarian for assistance).
Consumer Reviews
Consumer SearchThis site offers invaluable, unbiased consumer product information. ConsumerSearch.com strives to provide "the latest and best competitive analysis of products" for free. The site divides goods into basic, logical categories, and for each product, offers three distinct and related services. Fast Answers is an at-a-glance compilation of reviews (gleaned from other sources) of each specific product; it also rates the best products according to the reviews. For an in-depth analysis of both the product and the experts that reviewed the products, readers will want to peruse the Full Story section. Also, includes citations to reviews in repected print magazines like consumer reports. All the Reviews Reviewed consists of the ConsumerSearch.com's editors's descriptions, ratings, and opinions of each of the review sources.
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