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AP Images
Contains current photos and graphics from the Associated Press and extensive archives of historical images.

CountryWatch
Political, economic, business, demographic, cultural, and environmental information and statistics; daily news coverage by country; comparable country data sets; maps.

CQ Researcher
From Congressional Quarterly, each report addresses a controversial current issue, including historical perspective, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research.

CQ Weekly
This weekly publication from Congressional Quarterly offers expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: news, bill status, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, investigations, hearings, debates, and more.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers (via Infotrac) 1996+ (dates vary)
Full-text of hundreds of national and international newspapers.

InfoTrac New York Newspapers (via Infotrac) 1996+ (dates vary)
A subset of Custom Newspapers (above), this database includes several regional newspapers from across New York State. *These newspapers are also searched in the above database.*

Lexis-Nexis Academic 1985+ (some earlier)
Thousands of varied sources including 350 newspapers, thousands of magazines, journals, newsletters, and transcripts from major television and radio broadcasts. [more information...]

Military & Government Collection (via Ebscohost)
This database offers a collection of magazines, academic journals, and other content relating to current events in the military and government.

Newspaper Source (via Ebscohost) 1997+ (dates vary)
Full-text of over 200 regional, national, and international newspapers. Also includes transcripts from major television and radio broadcasts.

New York Times (via ProQuest) 1980+
Abstracts begin in 1989, full-text begins 1999. Lexis also contains full-text of the New York Times beginning in 1980; or search New York Times Historical database below.

New York Times Historical Newspapers (via ProQuest) 1851 - 2003
Searchable full-text scanned images (pdf) of every issue of the New York Times. Searches can be limited by date, section of newspaper, and more.

ProQuest Newspapers
Major national newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important international and minority interest papers. Most articles available full-text or PDF full-image. Date ranges vary.

Regional Business News (via Ebscohost) 1984+
Full-text coverage of approximately 70 regional business news journals.

TOPICSearch
A current events database containing full-text information from 1000+ newspapers, magazines, and other news sources on popular topics.

Wall Street Journal (via ProQuest) 1984+
Abstracts begin in 1982, full-text in 1984.

Westlaw Campus Research
Legal research, news, and business related information provided through several connected databases. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Go".

General and Interdisciplinary Content Databases
General content databases cover a range of subjects and may be helpful to your research in this area.

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