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Database Trial:
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World News from NewsBank Evaluate this database
Offers complete electronic editions of more than 3,900 U.S. and global news sources, including
newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires, video clips, and news blogs. Provides extensive
coverage with more than 200 million current and archived articles at local, regional, national and
international levels. Shortcut links are provided to “All Wisconsin News”,
“Major Metro Titles”, and
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Trial runs through December 21, 2009.
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| Academic Search Complete
from EBSCO Search Tips |
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Provides full text for over 7,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities,
general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more. Coverage varies by
publication. Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present. |
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| Access
NewspaperARCHIVE from Newspaper Archive |
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Provides historical coverage for over 2,000 newspaper titles. Fully searchable
are tens of millions of newspaper pages (in PDF) from the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Jamaica,
Japan, Germany, South Africa and the United Kingdom. There are over 700 Wisconsin newspapers
represented. Access NewspaperARCHIVE is a subset of NewspaperArchive.com. Coverage
varies by title, however, some go back to the 1700’s. Many of the titles cover the 1800’s and
1900’s. Access to this database is funded by the State of Wisconsin and it is
available only in Wisconsin. |
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| Alt-Press Watch
from ProQuest Search
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Database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and
independent press. This interdisciplinary resource contains over 170 titles providing a source
of viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream
media. 1995 to present. |
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| America's
Historical Newspapers from Readex |
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Searchable American newspapers enable exploration of America's past. Available here:
Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 and Series 3, 1829-1922. |
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| Chicago Tribune
from ProQuest |
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Online full text of the daily newspaper from 1849-1986. Also available online
are daily issues from 1963 to the present.
Microfilm covering 1864 to 1872 is available
on the lower level of Raynor. |
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| Contemporary Women's Issues
from Responsive Data Services, Inc. Search
Tips |
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Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to global information on
women’s issues and gender studies. Extensive international coverage from 190 countries (all
material is in English) is provided from mainstream periodicals and the alternative press, including
journals, newsletters, research reports, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, and pamphlets.
1992 to present. |
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| Ethnic NewsWatch
from ProQuest |
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Indexes and provides full text articles from newspapers and magazines published
for ethnic communities in the U.S. Some material is in Spanish. Includes publications for African
Americans, European Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans,
Jewish Americans, and Arab Americans. 1991 to present. |
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| GenderWatch
from ProQuest Search
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Full text database composed primarily of the many ongoing periodicals that focus
on women and women's issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications,
magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports. GenderWatch contains
a significant body of archival material, in some cases as far back as 1974. |
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| Historical Index of the New York
Times from Chadwyck-Healy Search
Tips |
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Index to articles appearing from 1851 to 1922. For recent coverage of
the New York Times, try Lexis
Nexis Academic or Newspapers in ProQuest. |
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| Issues and
Controversies@Facts.com from Facts On File Search
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This full-text database contains in-depth and balanced articles dealing with
contemporary issues and controversies. Keyword and subject searching is available as well
as being able to browse by topic. A list of current hot topics is provided. This resource
(in addition to CQ
Researcher) is an EXCELLENT starting point for research on contemporary topics. September 25,
1995 to present. |
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| Lexis Nexis Academic
from Lexis Nexis Search Tips |
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Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on
current events, business, law, and medicine. It includes regional, national, and international
newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports,
tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government
documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical
information). Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present,
with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s. |
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| Lexis Nexis Academic Beta Version from Lexis Nexis
Search Tips |
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New software interface for Lexis Nexis Academic. Currently in Beta version, but should
be totally functional, and will become the new interface by the end of Dec. 2009. Easier to search
than current Lexis Nexis Academic version.
Features a rich variety of full text sources providing up-to-date information on
current events, business, law, and medicine. It includes regional, national, and international
newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports,
tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government
documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical
information). Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present,
with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s. |
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| Lexis Nexis Congressional
(formerly Congressional Universe) from Lexis Nexis
Search Tips |
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Includes text and status of Congressional bills; information about members of
Congress and their districts, text of prepared statements before Congressional hearings, text of
National Journal articles, and text of Congressional Record and Federal Register. Analysis of
appropriate bills gives information about relevant public policies. Click on "Publications"
button to get online version of CIS/Index. Index coverage is 1970 to present. Full text
coverage varies. |
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| Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel on CD-ROM from Newsbank |
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Full text newspaper articles from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel. 1990
to 1999 |
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| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(ProQuest) from ProQuest |
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Full text newspaper articles from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel. 1997
to present. |
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| Newspapers in EBSCO
from EBSCO Search Tips |
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Coverage for nearly 400 newspapers. The collection includes newspapers
from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Specific newspapers covered in the collection include:
The New York Times, The Washington Post, The London
Times, The Atlanta Constitution, Indianapolis Star,
Newport Daily News, The Bridgeport Post, and the Times
(London). Coverage varies by title. Earliest coverage begins mid-1700s. Database Coverage List |
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| Newspapers in ProQuest
from ProQuest |
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Coverage of 300 + National and International news sources including the
following: Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, New York Times,
Star Tribune, Times of London, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin State Journal. |
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| New York Times 1851-2001
(Full Text) from ProQuest |
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Index and full text with images of newspaper articles. |
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| New York Times Full Text (1980 to
current) from ProQuest |
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Index and full text with images of newspaper articles. |
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| Niles Register
from Accessible Archives |
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Published weekly between 1811 and 1849, Niles' National Register was arguably
America's first national news magazine. This electronic index provides access to its wealth
of information. Memorial Library has the journal on microfilm. Consult the description
of the journal in American Periodicals
1741-1900: An Index to the Microfilm Collections to link the index entries to specific
microfilm reels. |
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| Official Index to The Times,
1906-1980 from Search Tips |
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Indexes articles in the Times of London. Indexing for previous issues can
be found via Palmer's
Index to the Times 1790-1905. The library owns a back file of the Times from March 18,
1788 to present and the Sunday times, 1993-present on microfilm (Microfilm S-101). Current
issues are available in Raynor Library Periodicals. |
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| Palmer's Index to The Times,
1790-1905 from Chadwyck-Healy Search Tips |
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Index to articles appearing in The Times of London. Indexing continues
via the Official Index to The Times
1906-1980. The library owns a back file of The Times from March 18, 1788 to present
and the Sunday times, 1993 to present on microfilm (Microfilm S-101). Current issues are
available in Raynor Library Periodicals. |
| ProQuest Central from ProQuest |
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Multidisciplinary database with 11,000+ titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text.
It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects
areas are covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, news and world
affairs, technology, social sciences and more. |
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| ProQuest Research Library
from ProQuest |
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Indexing, abstracts and selected full text or full images of articles in a wide range
of magazines and journals. It includes general interest and news publications as well as selected
scholarly journals. Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles; some full
text and full image articles. Coverage varies by title with good coverage for late 1980's to
present, some earlier coverage. |
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| Sciences in ProQuest
from ProQuest |
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Covers popular magazine and scholarly journal articles on a wide range of science
topics including agriculture, biology, chemistry, computing, engineering, physics and
telecommunications. Includes bibliographic citations, abstracts and selected full text
articles. 1986 to present. |
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| The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
from Gale |
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The complete digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985. Includes
full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is
captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to
facilitate searching. |
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| Vanderbilt Television News Archive
from Vanderbilt |
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Extensive index of television news indexing more than 30,000 individual network evening
news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News and
more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
Includes online streaming video of NBC newscasts from August 5, 1968 to the present and CNN news
broadcasts beginning in 1995. Current material will be made available 72 hours after
originally broadcast. Note: Requires free RealPlayer
software to play video clips. |
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| Wall Street Journal
from Dow Jones |
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The most frequently used daily financial newspaper in the US, it provides business
and financial news coverage, personal and company profiles, feature reporting, special reports, and
regular columns. Indexing and ASCII full text of the Wall Street Journal. The
full-text is searchable, with additional searchable fields including section, page, and special
feature. Indexing from 1/5/1982, and comprehensive full-text from 1/2/1984. |
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| World News Connection
from NTIS Search
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A Foreign News Service from the U.S. Government. Provides full-text English
language articles regarding current world affairs (i.e. military, political, environmental, scientific,
technical, and socioeconomic issues and events, etc.) Articles are searchable by keyword, region
or topic. Recent major headlines from various regions of the world can be browsed. 1994
to present. |
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| World News Digest
from Facts On File Search
Tips |
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Covers U.S. and international news including daily news feeds from Reuters, top
stories of the year, chronologies, background information, photographs, and maps. Includes the
entire text of Facts on File World News Digest, selected editorials from Editorials
on File, and additional content such as historic documents, biographies of world leaders, and
country profiles. 1940 to present. |
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