A Guide to News Research: Where to Find News Articles: Today's News

Database. Over 2,800 newspapers and newswires. Also video from local television news programs. About half North American titles, half international. Includes many smaller newspapers in the U.S. Mainly in English.

Database. The Newsstand section on the default home page of Factiva shows the last two weeks of the following news sources—every article, plain text (no graphics)—The New York Times, Wall Street Journal (U.S. edition, Europe edition, and Asia edition), Washington Post, Investor’s Business Daily, and the BBC. Use the Search/SearchBuilder menu to query the full database content.

Online version of the Financial Times. The Library provides free online access. Go to the library catalog record and follow the link to set up your free account. All faculty, students, and staff have access.The default edition is the “International Edition.” You can switch to the UK Edition on the ft.com homepage.

Database. Full-color, full-text online versions of some major print newspaper titles, over 700 titles from 55 countries. Use the Publications by Country menu at left to choose USA, France, etc. More reliable sources are displayed first. Use discretion in picking from these news sources; many popular magazines and non-news sources are now included. The last 90 days is available with some exceptions (Chicago Tribune, last 4 days available, for example).

The Student Assembly has purchased access for all Cornell undergraduates only: sign up for access at http://nytimesaccess.com/cornell/. Students, faculty and staff in the Law School also have unlimited access. All other Cornell users are limited to 10 articles per month without a personal digital subscription. Current and recent articles (last 2 weeks) in plain text format from the print version of the New York Times are available on Factiva’s Newsstand page (see Factiva above).

Database. Over 15,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.

To set up free access on the Wall Street Journal online, go to https://partner.wsj.com/partner/cornelluniversity and register. Select your account type from the drop-down menu, add a password, and agree to the Privacy Policy. Then click Create and you have access. All faculty, students, and staff at Cornell.

As of February 1, 2018, unlimited access to washingtonpost.com for people with .edu, .mil, or .gov email addresses has ended. Free access is now limited to a few articles per month for nonsubscribers. Alternative for current news: Articles from the last 2 weeks in plain text format are on Factiva’s Newsstand page (see Factiva above).

Continuously updated. Articles provide analysis of trends and events in international affairs. Published entirely online, WPR's original articles are written by a network of analysts, journalists, and scholars. Articles cover diplomacy, military affairs, energy, economics and related subjects.

A European press review with English, German, and French summaries for 28 European countries. Text is the translated lead paragraph of the article. Some entries link to the full text online in original language and some only to the source news site. The euro|topics Media page links to country-by-country and title-by-title reviews of the European press.

A daily selection of articles from news sources (print, radio and television media) and newsletters appearing in 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. English translations from Arabic and Farsi. Added links to current source home page when available.