A.C. Buehler Library: POL 201 American Federal Government Walker: Article Sources

Making this easy.

The resources on this page will help you find your political articles for this class. Don't forget that you can look at all levels of news--national, or every level of local. You are looking for articles that relate to the United States and the articles have to be policy-oriented.

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News on the Internet

Most of the articles you will find by searching on Internet news sites. it's usually more efficient to search on a news source's website rather than trying to wade through a Google News results list. All major (and many local) news sources have websites. Try some of these as a starting point:

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The Atlantic
New York TImes
Limited clicks. If you run into the paywall search for Full Text in the Proquest New York Times database.
Chicago Tribune
Limited clicks. If you run into the paywall search for Full Text in the Proquest Chicago Tribune database.
Chicago Sun-Times
Daily Herald
Time Magazine
Use Business Source Premier (in News Databases) for full text.
Newsweek Magazine
New Yorker
New Republic
Rolling Stone
U.S. News & World Report
CNN
NBC News
Al Jazeera
CNBC Politics Policy
U.S. News, Education Policy
New York Times, Health, Money & Policy

News Databases

You can use these databases to find full text versions of the articles you found on the web, if they aren't available there. Or you can try searching in them to start.

Academic Search Complete
Access to all major US news magazine, including Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report. Also indexes the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
OmniFile Full Text Select
OmniFile Full Text Select Edition is a multidisciplinary, 100% full-text database providing full text articles, with their accompanying indexing and abstracts. Coverage of more than 3100 publications goes back to 1994.
Nexis Uni
Provides full text access to over 5,600 news sources, including wire services. Has world-wide coverage. You can also search for TV, radio and other broadcast transcripts.
Business Source Premier
Contains full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Also includes other full text information such as: country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch; detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies; and market research reports, industry reports, and SWOT analyses.
Chicago Tribune
Gets you to the full text (excluding advertisements) from 1985-date. To see the full text of the Tribune from 1849-1985, go to ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune.
New York Times
Allows you to access the full text from 1980-present. To see the full text of the Times from 1851-2003, go to ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times.
Newspaper Source
Contains comprehensive full text of articles from 35 U.S. national and international newspapers, selected full text from over 200 regional papers, and television and radio news transcripts.
Wall Street Journal
Allows you to access the full text of the paper from 1984-present.
C-SPAN Video Library
The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 170,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and is immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN Archives.
CQ Researcher
Covers current and controversial issues from 1991-present. In-depth reports provide summaries, analysis, and links to additional resources.