Locating Books, Newspapers, Journal Articles, Images, and Media Criticism

Newspapers

Access World News

Complete full-text content of U.S. local and regional news, 1977 to current.

Alternative Press Index

Indexes hundreds of alternative, radical and left-wing magazines, periodicals and newspapers.  Articles cover cultural, economic, political, and social change.

Archive of Americana

This family of historical collections contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. This resource contains "America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876" "Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800," and "Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819." This resource provides the opportunity to search all three collections at once.

Ethnic NewsWatch

A collection of full text newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic, minority and native presses. Articles may be in English or Spanish.

Lexis-Nexis Academic

Full textnewspaper and journal articles on local, state, national and international events; foreign language news; government, political, corporate and legal news; biographical information; reference sources.

ProQuest Newspapers

Full text coverage of 5 major U.S. newspapers: The New York Times (1999 to date), Wall Street Journal (1982 to date), Washington Post (1987 to date), Los Angeles Times (1985 to date) and the Christian Science Monitor (1988 to date).

Journal Articles and Media Criticism

 

Communication Abstracts

Covers the recent literature in communication studies including mass, interpersonal, and new communication technologies.

Communication Studies: A Sage Full-Text Collection

Includes the full-text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 23 years. It covers such subjects as Journalism, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Mass Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Studies / Intercultural Communication, Television / Film Studies, Media Studies, Business Communication, Organizational / Management Communication, Written Communication, Rhetoric, and Literacy Studies.

SIRS Knowledge Source

SIRS Researcher provides full text articles on social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Includes charts, maps, diagrams and drawings. See also "Today's News" and "News Archives." SIRS Government Reporter has full text current and historic documents and graphics from agencies, departments and commissions of the U.S. government. Information on health, science, economics, environment, politics, foreign affairs, workplace issues, business and industry. SIRS Renaissance provides current perspectives on the Arts and Humanities. SKS WebSelect provides links to selected reference websites.

Examples of Academic Journals

Journal of Communication

Journalism and Mass Communication

Newspaper Research Journal

(Back Issues)
Newspaper Research Journal (Current Issues)

Examples of Trade Journals and Media Criticism

American Journalism Review (AJR)

Columbia Journalism Review (CJR)

Editor & Publisher (E&P)

Online Journalism Review Internet website only

Presstime Internet website only

Quill Magazine Internet website only

Reporter.org Internet website only

Additional Databases

 Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974 - 1996

FBIS Daily Reports consists of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from nations around the globe.

Gallup Brain

Includes answers to thousands of questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll during the last 60+ years. Also includes current Gallup Poll News Service articles that feature the latest in-depth poll analyses and replicas of news stories and press releases linked to the surveys.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

Authoritative source for information about U.S. doctoral dissertations and master's theses from 1861 to the present. This database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Titles since 1997 have 24 page previews online; complete dissertations can be downloaded.

For a complete list of all available databases, visit our Electronic Collection.