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Using News databases
Current news resourcesHistoric news resources
James BissetAcademic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)
Session outline- Key resources for current
news- Other resources for- Historic news resources- Freely available news
resources
Focus of resources available
Scale• Local• National• International
Language• English• Non-
English
Currency• Recent• Historic
Part 1 News Resources(Current News)
Key resources
Additional resources
- Times Literary Supplement [1902 - ]
- Times Higher Education Supplement [1995- ]
- The Economist [1843- ]
- JISC Mediahub [ ITN/Reuters archives 1900 - 2007 ]
- News on screen [1910- 1983]
- Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Hands-on- Explore the three main news
databases yourself: Infotrac, Nexis UK and Factiva
- Explore some of the other available sources at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/newspapers
Part 2
Historic News
Resources
Key Resources• Times Digital Archive 1785-2006
• British Newspapers 1600-1900
• Eighteenth century journals 1685-1815
•EEBO and ECCO for pamphlets
•19th Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)
•Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003
•Historic Australian newspapers 1803-1954
Historic News on Microform
• Some national and local, e.g. - Sunderland & Durham County Herald 1839-67
• International, e.g. - Kabul Times 1969-79, - Milliyet (Istanbul) 1970-86, - Pravda 1921-1953, - Jerusalem Post 1950-2007
Part 3 Free news
sources
Free news resources
• Individual newspaper titles and news sources
• Current news/what is available on public sites
• Advanced search engine options e.g. Google News
• News-specific search engines – Silobreaker (News search)– NewsNow (News International content blocked)
• Mobile/Tablet apps, eg Simmly
Free news resources
• Current news databases–Kidon Media link
• Higher Education–ResearchProfessional–Funding Councils’ web sites
Hands-on- Explore some of the historic
newspaper resources yourself
- Explore the advanced search options on search engines
- Download an app to your mobile- Explore some of the free news
resources.
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