Research Guides: News & Current Events Research Guide: Library Resources

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Purpose

This guide is intended to help you begin researching news and current events.

This guide is not comprehensive; it does not list all of the resources on this subject or in related disciplines owned by the Library or available on the Internet. This guide serves merely as a starting point for research.

News Sources

Newsbank / Readex
Access World News
Houston Chronicle Historical and Current, 1901-present
New York Times Historical, 1851 to 3 years ago
New York Times (2008-Recent) - ProQuest Digitized Newspapers
World News Connection Archive, 1995-2013
Provides access to unfiltered press dispatches from around the world, methodically translated into English by the US Government, for the entire history of the World News Connection (Nov 1995 Dec 31, 2013)

Historical Newspapers

Looking for historical newspapers, rather than current events? Check out the Newspaper Databases page.

Current Event Sources

CountryWatch
CQ Researcher
In-depth reports on controversial or "hot" topics.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (OVIC)

Reference Books

Facts on File: Weekly World News Digest - D410 .F3, Reference
A weekly digest of world events containing summaries of news reports from U.S. and world newspapers.

CQ Researcher - H35 .E35, Reference (current issues at the Library Service Desk)
In-depth reports with background information, statistics, and viewpoints on "hot" topics.

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature - A1 .R34, Reference
An index to articles published in periodicals. Arranged by subject.

News & Current Events Research Guide