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Researching Trends in Newspapers

Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. It also contains selective full text for more than 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
New York Times
Full-text of The New York Times from 1985- searchable as a standalone file.
ProQuest Platform (Power Search)
Provides full text coverage for the following Proquest databases: Boston Globe‎ (1980 - current), Coronavirus Research Database‎, Ebook Central‎, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Boston Globe‎ (1872 - 1988), .ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times‎ (1851 - 2016), and The Wall Street Journal‎ (1984 - current).

Why should I look for newspaper articles?

Why should you do research in newspapers?

Newspaper articles are written daily- information is more current than content in academic journals
Newspaper articles touch on current trends and topics of the day
Newspaper journalists and newspapers can receive awards for their investigations

Newspapers are really great places to search for current trends. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that information changes. What we know today is different from what we know tomorrow. Often newspapers can report misinformation only because there is no other information available.