News and Current Events Subject Guide
National News
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A subset of the Access World News collection from NewsBank, this database consists of 3000 American newspapers. They are listed by state and are searchable individually, by state or nationally.
This archive is composed of photos, graphics, text, and audio clips from the Associated Press (AP). The photo archive contains photographs from the current year's collection and a selection of images of negatives and prints dating back to the 1840s. Most of the coverage is from 1995. The graphics archive includes graphics, maps, illustrations, and logos prepared by AP artists since 1999. The audio database has more than half a million audio clips from the 1920s to the present. The text database contains over 700,000 full-text AP articles. All are updated daily.
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Index and abstracts for New York Times (1980- ), USA Today (1989- ), and Wall Street Journal (1984- ). Direct links to full text for Wall Street Journal.
The official site of the newspaper provides current articles and the ability to search their archive from 1980-date. Articles older than 5 days are available for a charge.
Christian Science Monitor (1908-1993)
Search the full-text articles of this national newspaper from 1908-1993.
Print copies: for recent issues ask at the Science Reference Desk.
Microfilm: AN 4 on the Lower Level, 1908-present.
CQ Press: Current Events in Context
This is a free resource providing background information for pivotal events and issues in today's world of government and politics. This site contains a selection of full-text documents from the subscription-based CQ Electronic Library.
Full-text articles from 1985 to date available from NewsBank and also from InfoTrac. Older articles are available in New York Times 1851-2006 (ProQuest)
Print copies: recent issues are kept at the Recreational Reading Area on the Lower Level of Waldo until the microfilm arrives. Microfilm: AN 2 on the Lower Level Waldo, 1851 to date.
New York Times 1851-2006 (ProQuest)
Search the full-text articles of this national newspaper from 1851-2006.
The official site provides immediate access to articles from the last 7 days. Search the archives through their search box. Use the site map to see for which years the articles are free and which are for pay.
(Eastern edition) A U.S. daily financial newspaper that covers news and trends relating to business, industry, finance, the economy, and international commerce. Provides extensive price and other data for securities, commodity, options, futures, foreign exchange, and money markets. Full text in HTML format from 1984 to the present, but does not include data from tables and graphs. Just abstracts from 1982 to 1984.
Microfilm: HG 5 on the Lower Level, 1920-date.
Print copies:current copies at the Central Reference Desk and Science Reference Desk until the microfilm arrives.
Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
Search the full-text articles of this national business newspaper from 1889-1989.
The official site of the newspaper, provides current articles for free, though you have to register. Search the archives for older articles that are available for a charge.
Print copies in the library: current issues at the Science Reference Desk until microfilm arrives.
Microfilm: AN 16 in the Lower Level, 1974-date.
Search the full-text articles of this national newspaper from 1877-1990.