Baker Institute Research: Conflict Resolution
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Finding Newspaper Articles - International
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Many individual papers are available online via their own websites (in addition to being includes in the collections described below) - use a web search engine (e.g. Google or Yahoo) to locate an individual newspaper. Most papers will permit you to view today's issue, and to search their online backfile. Some papers provide open access to their backfile; others do not. Most papers will not license their online sites to libraries.
A listing of online news archives is available fom International News Archives. Another place to check to track down current newspapers, is the Internet Public Library listing. In addition, Fondren subscribes to the following collections and retrospectives:
- MideastWire This link opens in a new windowMideastwire.com is an Internet-based news service that employs a team of translators around the region to gather important stories from and about the Middle East. Covers news from all 22 Arab countries, Iran, and the Arab media Diaspora generally. Thus our reach extends across the North Africa region as well as to the UK and other countries that host Pan-Arab media.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window"A full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
- International Newsstand This link opens in a new window"ProQuest International Newsstand provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers. For nearly all of them, complete articles are available in the ASCII format. The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, Le Monde, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications are just a few of the sources in ProQuest International Newsstand."
Finding Articles
The following sources will help you locate journal articles, as well as books and reports:
- PAIS Index (Public Affairs Information Service) This link opens in a new windowThis index "covers issues in public policy, combining both PAIS Archive and PAIS International, with coverage from 1915 to present. Sources include journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material and more (ProQuest).
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full text for more than 5,000 scholarly publications in a wide range of fields
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790— and is a good source for foreign newspapers.
*Previously called Lexis Nexis Academic. - Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowGale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more.
- Web of Knowledge (containing Social Sciences Citation Index)Scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities, and includes conference proceedings. Social Sciences Citation Index (1956+), permits locating related information by tracking who has cited a known article.
- Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) This link opens in a new windowAccess to full text PDF articles from 280 humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
- EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts of over 400 journals, over 500 collective volumes per year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers. Fulltext of articles is available.
- Research Papers in Economics (RePec) This link opens in a new windowA collaborative effort of volunteers in 65 countries to enhance the dissemination of economics research via a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSocIndex (formerly Sociological Abstracts) covers 3,000 journals (and some books) in sociology, social planning/policy, and related subjects. "...offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology and criminal justice, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, violence and many others."
- Zeitschriftendatenbank This link opens in a new windowThe largest database of periodicals and serials in the world. It contains over 1,2 million titles in all languages, published from 1500 to the present day.
Finding Newspaper Articles - U.S.
Single titles
Many individual papers are available online via their own websites (in addition to being includes in the collections described below) - use a web search engine (e.g. Google or Yahoo) to locate an individual newspaper. Most papers will permit you to view today's issue, and to search their online backfile. Some papers provide open access to their backfile; others do not. Most papers will not license their online sites to libraries.
A listing of online news archives is available from https://www.ebsco.com/products/magazine-archives/us-news-world-report-magazine-archive. In addition, Fondren subscribes to the following collections and retrospectives:
- Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 This link opens in a new windowHispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 represents the single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Houston Chronicle (1901-2017) (Newsbank) This link opens in a new windowFull text of the newspaper from 1901-2017.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790— and is a good source for foreign newspapers.
*Previously called Lexis Nexis Academic. - New York Times (Historical:1851-2014) This link opens in a new windowFull text image of the newspaper (1851-2014). For current online access see the New York Times entry.
- Wall Street Journal (Central ed.)Current three months at the BIC. Back issues on microfilm [HG1 .W2]: 1889 - current.
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