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A quick search of resources in this field of study can be done in the Cast-A-Net box below on the right. Otherwise, select from the individual databases below on the left.
Core Databases
- Access World News [about]
Access World News
Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
Format: Online
"Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Excludes paid advertisements."
« Hide Description - America's Historical Newspapers [about]
America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage Dates: 1690 - 1922
Format: Online
Features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images.
« Hide Description - Boston Globe Archive (1872-1923) [about]
Boston Globe Archive (1872-1923)
Coverage Dates: 1872 - 1923
Format: Online
Full-text and full-image articles. Complete cover-to-cover with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF
« Hide Description - Boston Globe Index [about]
Boston Globe Index
Coverage Dates: 1983 - 1995
Format: Print
« Hide Description - Christian Science Monitor (1988 - cur... [about]
Christian Science Monitor (1988 - current)
Coverage Dates: 1988 - Present
Format: Online
Contains ascii full text of the Christian Science Monitor from 1988 to Present.
« Hide Description - Christian Science Monitor Archive (19... [about]
Christian Science Monitor Archive (1908 - 1991)
Coverage Dates: 1908 - 1991
Format: Online
Contains full text of the Christian Science Monitor from 1908 - 1991. For current CSM articles see Proquest Newspapers.
« Hide Description - Ethnic Newswatch [about]
Ethnic Newswatch
Coverage Dates: 1985 - Present
Format: Online
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America.
« Hide Description - FBIS Electronic Index [about]
FBIS Electronic Index
Coverage Dates: 1975 - 1996
Format: Online
An index to the Daily Reports published by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) of the CIA. Daily reports on microfiche located at Government Documents PrEx 7.10 in Main Micro. The FBIS reports are continued in electronic fulltext by the database World News Connection from 1995 forward.
« Hide Description - FBIS Full Text - Africa, Middle East,... [about]
FBIS Full Text - Africa, Middle East, S. Asia, 1974 - 1996
Coverage Dates: 1974 - 1996
Format: Online
Full text of Daily Reports from the CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service, from 1974-1996. Individual reports include speeches, broadcasts, news articles from countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Texts are translated into English by the CIA.
« Hide Description - Facts on File World News Digest [about]
Facts on File World News Digest
Coverage Dates: 1940 - Present
Format: Online
Essential facts of the news as reported in the major newspapers and news magazines around the world. Emphasis throughout is on the factual content rather than opinion or analysis. Also, hourly headline news, maps, and more.
« Hide Description - LexisNexis-Academic [about]
LexisNexis-Academic
Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
Format: Online
Worldwide newspapers, magazines, newswires, and trade journals. Archives of state and federal case law, statutes and regulations.
« Hide Description - Maine News Index [about]
Maine News Index
Coverage Dates: varies - varies
Format: Online
Citations and abstracts to several Portland, ME publications, including Salt, Portland Monthly, Mainebiz, Casco Bay Weekly.
« Hide Description - Maine Newsstand [about]
Maine Newsstand
Coverage Dates: Varies - Varies
Format: Online
Coverage of the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Lewiston Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, Maine Times, Bangor Daily News, and Waterville Morning Sentinel.
« Hide Description - Maine Times Index [about]
Maine Times Index
Coverage Dates: 1968 - 1994
Format: Microform
« Hide Description - New York Times (1980-Present) [about]
New York Times (1980-Present)
Coverage Dates: 1980 - Present
Format: Online
New York Times; Late Edition (East Coast). Includes New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine from 1997 - present.
« Hide Description - New York Times Archive (1851-2004) [about]
New York Times Archive (1851-2004)
Coverage Dates: 1851 - 2004
Format: Online
« Hide Description - ProQuest Newspapers [about]
ProQuest Newspapers
Coverage Dates: -
Format: Online
Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).
« Hide Description - Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers [about]
Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers
Coverage Dates: 1853 - 1960
Format: Online
This is an index to microfilm of the Brunswick weekly newspapers for 1853 through December, 1960.
« Hide Description - Times (London) Archive (1785-1985) [about]
Times (London) Archive (1785-1985)
Coverage Dates: 1785 - 1985
Format: Online
The complete digital edition of The Times (London). Offers full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
« Hide Description - Times (London) Index [about]
Times (London) Index
Coverage Dates: 1956 - Present
Format: Microform
« Hide Description - Wall Street Journal (1984-Current) [about]
Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
Coverage Dates: 1984 - Yesterday
Format: Online
Contains full text of news stories. Does not include photos, graphics, and advertisements.
« Hide Description - Wall Street Journal Archive (1889-199... [about]
Wall Street Journal Archive (1889-1990)
Coverage Dates: 1889 - 19890
Format: Online
Historical archive of the WSJ. Contains cover to cover images, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements.
« Hide Description - Washington Post (1987 - Current) [about]
Washington Post (1987 - Current)
Coverage Dates: 1987 - Present
Format: Online
Contains ascii full text of the Washington Post.
« Hide Description - Washington Post Archive (1877 - 1991) [about]
Washington Post Archive (1877 - 1991)
Coverage Dates: 1877 - 1989
Format: Online
Full text and images of the Washington Post.
« Hide Description - World News Connection [about]
World News Connection
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Format: Online
WNC provides the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports from 1995 to present in electronic fulltext. FBIS reports from 1978 to 1996 are on microfiche at PrEx 7.10 in Main Micro and accessed by the FBIS Electronic Index.
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Cast-A-Net Combined Search
simultaneously searches these databases
· Access World News
· Christian Science Monitor (1988 - current)
· Ethnic Newswatch
· Facts on File World News Digest
· LexisNexis-Academic
· New York Times (1980-Present)
· ProQuest Newspapers
· Washington Post (1987 - Current)
· World News Connection
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