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Access World News

Electronic editions for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources--all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each new source provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, and cultural activities as well as a variety of viewpoints on local, national, and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.

Type:Database

America's Newspapers

Electronic editions for over 2877 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.

Type:Database

CQ Researcher Plus Archive, 1923 - present

Over 3,600 in-depth, themed reports that analyze issues that have shaped the modern world, including reportage of current events placed within historical context. Search full-text of the reports, limit searches by date and topic, and use Issue Tracker to trace important changes in issues over time

Type:Database

Custom Newspapers

Custom Newspapers Full-text articles from over 100 newspapers including USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and papers from 40+ other domestic cities and over 60 other papers from around the world.

Type:Database

Documents in the News

Full-text government documents pertaining to current events topics from official sources. Search by keyword or browse a cumulative alphabetical index or a topically-arranged yearly archive. Includes archived documents back to 1995.

Type:Website

Facts On File World News Digest

A weekly-updated database with full-content of top news stories from 1940 to the present that provides information about important events, people, issues, facts, and figures. For even more current data, World News Digest includes an hourly-updated, live newsfeed from Reuters® with a two-week archive. Additional features include maps, photographs, historic documents, editorial cartoons, and special overviews and timelines of key issues, newsmakers, and events since 1940.

Type:Database

Front Pages

Website provides daily access to the front pages of over 450 newspapers from around the world.

Type:Website

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America 2nd ed., 3v,...

8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethno-religious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.

Type:eBook

Gale PowerSearch

Gale PowerSearch The Gale PowerSearch platform offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. Select from a list of Gale databases. Search multiple databases simultaneously with a single query. PowerSearch features include: advanced searching, bookmarks, search results, quick search and document delivery in email, print and download formats.

Type:Database

Greenville News, The - 1999-Current

Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Type:Database

InfoTrac Junior Edition

InfoTrac Junior Edition For middle school students. Full-text articles from 140+ magazines. Access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Type:Database

InfoTrac Kids Infobits

InfoTrac Kids Infobits For K-5 students and their teachers/parents. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Type:Database

New York Times, The

Complete full-text content including the Book Review and Magazine. Paid ads are excluded. New additional electronic versions feature exact digital reproductions of the printed edition, with keyword searching and ability to browse the full publication. All pages, including advertising, photos and graphics are included.

Type:Database

Newspapers (USA and Worldwide)

Comprehensive website provides links to newspapers by city, state and country.

Type:Website

OneFile, 1980 to current

OneFile, 1980 to current Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.

Type:Database

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Type:Database

Places in the News

The Library of Congress’ Geography and Map Division presents up-to-date maps that locate areas relating to situations covered by news organizations with links to additional information. Featured places change with changes in current events news coverage.

Type:Website

SIRS KnowledgeSource

SIRS KnowledgeSource A combination of databases providing full-text articles from a wide variety of sources for a diverse age range of users. Subject areas include the social sciences, government, sciences, the arts, and others.

Type:Database

State, The - December 1987 - present

Full-text articles archive from The State (Columbia, SC) newspaper including locally written articles, letters to the editor and major newswire articles, obituaries (death notice coverage begins March 1994).

Type:Database