LibGuides: MIDP Master's Projects: News Sources

How to Use this Guide

This guide suggests resources--reference books, library databases, search engines and web links--to use for researching your Master's Projects. Use this table of contents or click on each tab to see each page.

Background Sources
for background of the problem or issue
Strategies
research strategies for finding the best sources and using your time efficiently
Countries
for background and socioeconomic data on specific countries
IGOs & NGOs
for identifying intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and their publications and documents
News Sources
for searching US and international newspapers efficiently
Think Tanks
A search engine for identifying think tank publications with research and analysis on your issue

News Sources

Use the library's subscriptions to hundreds of news sources through our databases and e-journals. This is especially helpful when:

you need previous articles that are no longer available for free from the web site
you want to search across multiple sources at once--e.g. The New York Times and The Washington Post are included with other major US papers in several databases.
you want to search across a longer time period than is available on the free web

Strategies:

Go to Online Journal Titles and type the name of the newspaper; or
Search one of the Newspaper Databases.
Many include other news sources like wire services, BBC, etc. as well as international sources translated into English

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Search for news, business, legal, medical, and congressional information. Note: formerly named Lexis Nexis Academic.

All newspaper databases available at Duke
Many of these cover numerous publications, but some are targeted at single newspapers.
Search for specific newspaper titles
Use either Title Begins With or Exact Title to refine your results.

News & Analysis

Recommended News & Analysis Databases

AllAfrica This link opens in a new window
Search for daily news articles related to all areas of African life, politics, and culture and produced by African news organizations. 1996 - present.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Search for global news and information content, including Dow Jones, Reuters Newswires, and The Wall Street Journal. Text & data mining prohibited by license. See the "more" link for details.
Text and data mining (TDM) of Factiva content is prohibited by license. TDM includes mass downloading of content via scripts (aka scraping) *and* via Factiva's internal tools for downloading content. Contact a reference librarian for alternative sources for TDM needs.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Search for news, business, legal, medical, and congressional information. Note: formerly named Lexis Nexis Academic.
Stratfor WorldView This link opens in a new window
Search for terrorism briefs, special intelligence reports, and podcasts related to geopolitics
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
Search selected translation of articles (1995-2013) from non-United States media sources covering political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events

Major News Sources

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