Research Finding Tools: Current Events & Newspapers

Databases

allAfrica.com
  allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
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Alternative Press Index
  Subject index to alternative and radical publications regarding movements.
Please contact a reference librarian for the password.
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American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900
  A collection of digitized magazines and journals published in the United States between 1741 and 1900. APS includes more than 1,000 titles such as Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journal, and numerous popular magazines. A complete title list is available on the Web.
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Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, The
  An index to and full text of the Charleston Mercury, Richmond Inquirer, and the New York Herald from November 1, 1860 to April 30, 1865.
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Civil War Era Newspapers (Pennsylvania)
  A full-text database of selected Pennsylvania newspapers during the years before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War.
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CQ Weekly
  CQ Weekly covers virtually every act of Congress. Search by topic, committee, bill number, or full-text. Access goes back to 1983.
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Google News Archive Search
  Searches newspapers and news magazines, some of which date back 200+ years. Includes both free and pay-per-article content. St. Olaf subscribes to ProQuest and the New York Times (see in this list). For articles that aren't freely available otherwise, St. Olaf students, faculty, and staff can request a copy from interlibrary loan.
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LexisNexis Academic
  Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Excellent source for full-text articles in national and international newspapers. Contains Country Profiles, Company Financial Information (including 10-K, Bankruptcy, & Hoover's Reports), and US Code, Constitution, & Court Rules.
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Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1986)
  Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue."
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Manitou Messenger Index
  Index only. Covers all years of publication. The newspaper itself is on microfilm in Rolvaag Library.
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New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
  Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue."
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New York Times (1851 - 2004)
  Offers "full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue."
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Pennsylvania Gazette
  An index to and text of the Pennsylvania Gazette for the years 1766-1783.
CD-ROM in Rolvaag Library
ProQuest Newsstand Complete
  Full-text and abstracted newspapers, including New York Times (1999-) and Wall Street Journal (1984- ).
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Regional Business News
  Regional Business News offers full text for 75 regional U.S. business journals, newswires, and newspapers.
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Westlaw Campus Research
  Provides access to primary and secondary legal resources, news, and company information.
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World News Connection
  A large collection of articles from foreign newspapers and journals, and transcripts of foreign television and radio broadcasts. All have been translated into English.
Please contact a reference librarian for the password.

Websites

allAfrica.com
allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
"This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1897-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)."
FORA.tv
"FORA.tv delivers discourse, discussions and debates on the world's most interesting political, social and cultural issues, and enables viewers to join the conversation. It provides deep, unfiltered content, tools for self-expression and a place for the interactive community to gather online."
Northfield News
Online version of the Northfield News, published in print Wednesday and Saturday.
PaperofRecord.com
A collection of digitized newspapers from around the world. Includes publications from Europe, North and South America, and Australia. Publication dates range from the mid-1700s to the early 21st century.
WorldNews
Provides access to over 500 media sources and 4,000 thematic and regional news sites in many different languages.