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Reference Resources: Newspapers -- Contemporary

Factiva
International business and news coverage from over 8,000 souces including newspapers, newswires, magazines, trade journals, radio and television transcripts, and websites. Company information and data. Up to 5 years of historical market data. Photographs and pictures from Reuters and Knight Ridder.
Internet Explorer is recommended for Factiva.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive full-text database, containing over one billion documents from over 18,000 sources, primarily newspapers, general-interest magazines, and trade publications, along with an extensive collection of legal and business publications.
An alternative interface will be made available in the fall of 2009; please feel free to try it and let us know what you think.
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NewsBank Access World News
A database of articles from 1,700 U.S. and international full-text information sources, mostly newspapers and wire services. Very useful for access to state-by-state coverage.
Chronological coverage varies among sources, but many extend back to the 1990's.
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Newspaper Source Plus
Full-text, cover-to-cover coverage of over 130 U.S. and international newspapers, plus selective full-text coverage for an additional 335 U.S. newspapers and transcripts from broadcast news sources. In most cases, chronological coverage extends back only several years, although some coverage begins in the 1990's.
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Online Newspapers And Other Mass Media Sites
Links to hundreds of newspapers and other mass media sites.
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ProQuest National Newspaper Index
Abstracts and indexing for New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal.
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Today's Front Pages
Created by the Freedom Forum's Newseum, this site provides access to the front pages of over 500 newspapers around the world, available online by 9:30 each morning.
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