Blocked by a paywall trying to read an online newspaper article? The library can help! Check out one of our newspaper databases below and get the news and analysis you need. You can search the news databases to find articles from local, national, and international news sources.
Newspaper collection with many local and national newspapers and news magazines.
News database of hundreds of national publications.
Business collection of journals, newspapers, and newswires from specific regions of the United States.
Newspaper collection offering full-text access from 2010-
Searching for newspaper articles in library databases is different from looking at news websites.
Library databases contain the "paper of record," -- which may differ from the articles you see on the newspapers' websites.
If you see an article online and want to find the full text in the library, you may need to search multiple ways:
Knowing what's quality information and what's not is a challenge now that so much of it is online. It's important to remember that all news has an element of bias. Journalists will naturally and unwittingly choose to include certain pieces of information and leave out others, creating a story that is unique to their style and experience.
In some cases, news publications have a clear agenda and will choose to only cover or report information that falls into certain categories. In others, you can read a more balanced spread of news that covers a wide array of perspectives. Knowing the context of an article can help you determine how you use it. As you read pay attention to a few characteristics that may hint at an overly biased news article:
If you notice a journalist using extravagant words, a non-objective tone, or selectively using facts to prove a point, you may want to look elsewhere for your news.
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