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NEWS 120 Newsgathering
Methods for identifying primary, secondary, and tertiary sources, and evaluating their credibility. Includes strategies for preparing and conducting interviews with an emphasis on critical-thinking skills needed to select, evaluate, synthesize, organize,
CQ Researcher provides access to weekly, in-depth reports on a single issue. Topics vary widely and relate to social issues, economic issues, health, the environment, the U.S. government, international affairs, popular culture, technology, and the media.
Description:CQ Researcher provides access to weekly, in-depth reports on a single issue. Topics vary widely and relate to social issues, economic issues, health, the environment, the U.S. government, international affairs, popular culture, technology, and the media. All reports are at least 12,000 words in length and are written by experienced journalists. Time Period: 1991 to 2015, plus the current issue Sources: Subject Headings: Business, Education, General, Health, Law, News, Philosophy & Religion, Science, Social Sciences, Technology (Current Events) Scholarly or Popular: Popular Primary Materials: News, Report Information Included: Full Text, Citations MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Updates: Weekly Number of Simultaneous Users: 10
Indexes more than 13,500 journals and provides full text for more than 4,700.
Description: Good database for most research topics and contains lots of full text, peer reviewed articles. More than 16,000 of the journal titles indexed are peer reviewed and almost all of the full text is. Provides searchable cited references for more than 1,000 journal titles so you can easily see what sources a given article cites. Time Period: 1911 to present Sources: Indexes nearly 18,000 journals and magazine and provides full text for more than 8,700. Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, News, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Case Studies, Citations, Conference Papers, Images, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, News, Other, Reviews Information Included: Abstracts,Full Text,Citations MultiLink: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Find articles in the fields of communication studies, telecommunications, emerging media, and journalism.
Description: Indexes research in the field of communication, mass media and related fields. Created by merging and expanding two previous databases: CommSearch
(formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State). Time Period: 1915 to present Sources: Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for 620 publications and the full text of more than 500. An additional 200 titles have selected indexing. Subject Headings: English & Linguistics, Humanities, Mobile, Social Sciences, Technology (Communication, Journalism, Mass Media) Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Books/e-books, Citations, Conference Papers, Journal Articles, Magazine Articles, Reviews, Trade Publications Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Contains articles from 3,200 sources including newspapers, blogs, and magazines. Articles from 1,000's of newspapers around the world. Provides full text access to many local and regional newspapers in the U.S.
Description: Articles from 1,000's of newspapers around the world. Provides full text access to many local and regional newspapers in the U.S. Also contains magazine articles, transcripts, videos, and other sources. Time Period: 1977 to present Sources: Contains articles from 3,200 sources including newspapers, blogs, and magazines. Subject Headings: General, News Scholarly or Popular: Popular Primary Materials: Audio, Citations, Magazine Articles, News, Reviews, Trade Publications, Transcripts, Videos Information Included: Full Text,Citations MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: NewsBank Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Nexis Uni provides access to newspaper articles, magazine articles, and transcripts. It is also a key database for business and legal research, containing company reports, law journals, and statutes and cases from all 50 states.
Description: Nexis Uni provides access to newspaper articles, magazine articles, and transcripts. It is also a key database for business and legal research, containing company reports, law journals, and statutes and cases from all 50 states. Also contains legal resources for Canada and the EU. Time Period: 18th century to present Sources: Searches more than 15,000 sources. Subject Headings: Business, General, Law, News, Social Sciences Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Abstracts, Citations, Journal Articles, Legal Materials, Magazine Articles, News, Reference Resources, Report, Transcripts Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: Lexis Nexis Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Biography Reference Bank offers the in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. It provides biographical full-text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals.
Description: Biography Reference Bank offers the in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. It provides biographical full-text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals. Time Period: Current Sources: Provides biographical information for more than 700,000 individuals with more than 3.5 million records. Subject Headings: General Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials: Reference Resources Information Included: Abstracts, Full Text, Citations MultiLink: Yes Print Equivalent: None Publisher: EBSCO Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Provides over 126 million listings (addresses and phone numbers) for U.S. and Canadian homes and businesses.
Description:Data Axle Reference Solutions provides addresses and phone numbers for U.S. and Canadian homes and businesses. Also provides business information such as location sales volume, number of employees, etc. Time Period: Current Sources: Contains more than 200 million listings Subject Headings: Business, General (Phone Directory) Scholarly or Popular: Popular Primary Materials: Reference Resources Information Included: Addresses and phone numbers MultiLink: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: infoUSA Updates: Annual Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited