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Indexes and databases are tools used to find newspaper
articles about a particular topic. Some are available
only in print, while others will be electronic and may
even contain the full-text of the article. See our Electronic Resources page for a complete
list of electronic indexes and databases.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic: News
This collection offers full-text of a variety of domestic
and international news sources, including wire services
and transcripts.
NewsBank
This databases provides the full text of the Kansas
City Star (1991-present) and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(1988-present), as well as over 500 additional newspapers
in the United States and over 700 newspapers from around
the world.
Newspaper
Source
This databse provides the full text of 30 U.S. and
international newspapers, and selected full text of
almost 200 U.S. newspapers. Also included are television
and radio news transcripts.
Regional
Business News
This database provides full text articles from
United States regional business journals, business newspapers
and newswires.
Communication
& Mass Media Complete
This is an index to research journals in the areas
of communication and mass media studies. Although there
are no newspaper titles in this database, it is appropriate
for information about the news media.
FirstSearch
(password protected)
FirstSearch is actually a cluster of over 40 databases
and requires a training session to access.
But the training session is well worth it! Some of the
databases useful to researchers of current news include:
Business Dateline
News Abstracts
Periodical Abstracts
For descriptions of each of these FirstSearch
databases, visit our Alphabetic
List of Databases page.
New York Times Index
(INDEX AREA Ref. AI 21 N44)
This is the most useful index for researching older
newspaper articles from this respected U.S. newspaper.
This periodical is also full-text on Lexis-Nexis
Academic, as well as in print and microform in the
library.
Wall Street Journal and Barron’s Index
(INDEX AREA REF. HG 1 W26)
This is the index for current and older articles appearing
in these two important business periodicals. The library
has these titles in print and microform.
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