Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Hankering to read about your favorite South American soccer team? In Spanish? Try LexisNexis News search…limit to Spanish language, combined and you are set to go…check everyday!
Find news about your favorite celebrity on LexisNexis People search (find dead people here as well by limiting to obituaries).
You read something interesting in last month’s New York Times but can’t remember the exact date……use LexisNexis News Power search, limit to the New York Times and you won’t have to slog through all those printed issues of the New York Times.
National Newspapers
Or maybe that article wasn’t in the Times, try the National Newspaper database to search several major US newspapers at the same time (Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today and more).
LC Newspaper Lists
Did you know the Library of Congress has a gateway to all sorts of news sources, including media, internet and foreign sources. Find links to small hometown newspapers as well (New Jersey lists 57 smaller newspapers). A great site for finding odd and obscure news sources!
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/lists.html
New York Times Historical
Interested in fashion from the 1930’s? The New York Times Historical has full page images of the newspaper from 1851 through 1893 with loads of photos and advertisements.
America’s Newspapers
Want really OLD news? Check out America’s Historical Newspapers, a collection of US newspapers from pre-colonial days to the early 20th century.
Access all these News Sources and more from
www.drew.edu/depts/library/ersubject.aspx?category=News%20Resources