Research Guides: Political Science: News

Why Use News?

News

News resources help you gather basic facts about your topic. They help you stay up-to-date on current events and provide a quick overview of an event, person, or research topic.

We Recommend

Most of your major newspapers are covered in these three databases.

ProQuest News and Newspapers
Current and historical coverage of major U.S. newspapers.
Nexis Uni
Comprehensive source for local, regional and national newspapers in the United States, plus some international sources. Strong source for legal, company (including private), and country research.
Factiva
Most comprehensive source of worldwide local, regional, national, and international newspapers. In addition, you can find U.S. and international company profiles and industry reports.

OneSearch: Search for News

World News Connection
Keesing's World News Archive
Current Digest of the Russian Press
Presents a weekly selection of Russian-language press materials translated into English. Intended for use in teaching and research.

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Planning to do a Content Analysis?

Students and scholars are using this new research technique to mine news articles for keywords and concepts
Most databases have restrictions on how many articles you can download at a time.
Web crawlers, spiders, or robots are generally not allowed
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