News Media Across the Political Spectrum

Major News Databases 

Nexis Uni 

• national, international, legal, and business news souces; broadcast transcripts; important publications like BBC Monitoring International Reports; 

Factiva 

• the competitor to Nexis Uni for local, national, international and business news; transcripts from network and major cable news providers;  produced by Dow Jone

Alt-Press Watch

• features newspapers and magazines from alternative and independent presses, 1970 forward. 

Political Pro 

 

Major Titles With Free Access 

New York Times 

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post 

Financial Times

BBC World News

The Guardian 

• alllows toggling between US, UK, Australia, and International editions

Academic Search Premier

• mixed in with scholarship sampled from across the disciplines, ASP is strong on magazine content. Use the  Publications page to dientify and search contents of importnat titles like the New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper's, Dissent, the Economist, etc. 

Project Syndicate 

• publishes commentary and op-eds from major international scholars and intellectuals on a vast array of topics in international politics, economics, culture, etc. 

Try this shortcut HOLLIS search to identify online access to print and online periodical titles (including newspapers): 

 

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