GOVT 4000/6223 (Fall 2024): Inequality and the Welfare State: News Databases

Covers papers worldwide. Dates of coverage varies by newspaper. To identify specific papers and dates of coverage, check the Publications link on the home page.
For the U.S., Global newsstream includes The New York Times (1990 - ), The Washington Post (1996- current), The Los Angeles Times (1996 - current) and The Wall Street Journal Online (2010 - current), among many others.

US newspapers and some international sources. Note: For the NYT, Washington Post, or Wall Street journal, see entries below.
Access World News also includes BBC Selected News Articles from countries around the world.To search papers from individual countries, select
Sources: A to Z:
Use the pull-down menu to select "location"
Enter the country name.
Select papers to search.

Round-the-clock monitoring of TV, radio, press, internet and news agencies from around the world from primarily open media sources.
Ability to provide "the words as spoken" -- accurate and impartial translations of what leading figures have said.
Access via the Factiva database. From the Factiva home page navigation bar, open Search. In the Source field, enter BBC Monitoring

Coverage: 1960 to date in two cross-searchable files. Plain text and PDF. English and Spanish.

Access funded by the Library and others.
From the catalog record, 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.

Select "News" from the top banner.
Includes the New York Times.
For non-U.S. news, select Sources from the top banner.
Next, select Publication type> News, and Publication Location. Continue to filter to the region and country of interest. Search all papers from that country, or check for information about the papers under the 3-vertical dot menu and Add to Search.
Note: To find editorials, add AND section (editorial or opinion) to your keywords.
To find newspaper accounts of public opinion or public opinion polls add, AND (public opinion OR poll) to your search terms.
Please note: You do not need to register with Nexis Uni to search or download content. Registering with a database will always carry privacy risks.

For best results, select the Advanced Search. Scroll down to choose Document types. If you wish, use the date limits on the right to restrict your results to a particular date range.

Full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-2006. It is a digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the paper in PDF files.