News Sources
Explore a comprehensive overview of current and historical news sources from various regions including the US, Western Europe, Africa, Asia, and more. Delve into a wealth of resources spanning centuries, from newspapers to online databases, providing valuable insights into global news coverage. Discover curated collections and guides for accessing news content from diverse perspectives and regions worldwide.
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RRF 2020 News Sources Esmeralda Kale, Harriet Lightman, Geoff Morse, Jeannette Moss, Li Qunying Northwestern University Libraries
Outline Overview of current news sources/newspapers Geoff Morse, Librarian for Religious Studies and Linguistics Overview of US and Western Europe historical sources Harriet Lightman, Librarian for History and German Studies African Studies, MENA/North Africa Curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Asian Studies Li Qunying, Librarian for Chinese Studies and most areas of Asia Slavic Studies Jeannette Moss, Librarian for Slavic Languages and Literatures
News Sources Guide https://libguides.northwestern.edu/newssources Millions of pages of news content dating back to the 17th century Current news databases Includes news transcripts and video content NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more Coverage from all over the word The news sources guide is a starting point to locating material from all over the world, both historic and current.
U.S Historical News Sources https://libguides.northwestern.edu/c.php?g=114761&p=749442
Western European Historical News Sources https:// https://libguides.northwestern.edu/westerneuropeanhistory libguides.northwestern.edu/westerneuropeanhistory
Current Africana News Sources https://libguides.northwestern.edu/c.php?g=277396&p=1850596 Why so many lists? Because it is only recently that an electronic resource became available for news from Africa. So we had to acquire print newspapers title by title., country by country. List of current print newspapers you can read in the library Premier resource for news across Africa post 1996 We collect in all languages African and European Premier resource for news across North Africa and the Middle East
Historical Africana News Sources https://libguides.northwestern.edu/african_news/historical Historical coverage on Africa from countries that had colonial interests in the region. See also Western European Historical News Sources. You can also search by country: eg 1st subject =Nigeria. 2nd subject =newspapers, in order to see everything from that country in all formats. Microfiche/ microfilm allow us to covert print newspapers into a format that is easy to preserve and store
China, Japan News Sources Chinese News: https://libguides.northwestern.edu/chinesestudies/news 1. WiseSearch is the go-to database for current Chinese news. 2. The Late Qing Dynasty Periodical Full-text Database includes Da Gong Bao, Sin Wen Bao, Yi Shi Bao, and the Tabloids. Japanese News: https://libguides.northwestern.edu/japanesestudiesguide/news 1. Three major Japanese Newspapers: Asahi, Yomidas, and Maisaku 2. The Japan Time Archives
South Asia, Southeast Asia News South Asia News: https://libguides.northwestern.edu/southasianstudies/news World Newspaper Archive includes 19th and 20th century historical newspapers from South Asia Southeast Asia News: https://libguides.northwestern.edu/southeastasian/news The Southeast Asia Microform Project holdings include more than 300 historic newspapers from every country in the region
Slavic and Eastern European News https://libguides.northwestern.edu/c.php?g=114924&p=2613759 PressReader: Access to rolling 2 months worth of news from Russia, EE and also Central Asian countries. Integrum: Thousands of current national and regional news sources from Russia. Search in Russian. CDRP: Select translated news content from Russia. East View: Digitized newspapers, built-in Cyrillic keyboard for searching. AWN: Select English language news.
Slavic and Eastern European News https://libguides.northwestern.edu/c.php?g=114924&p=2613759 East View: offers select Russian newspapers FBIS and WNC: translation of foreign broadcasts 1941 2013. CRL: Selection of S&EE newspapers in microform, can be requested via ILL.