Using News databases Current news resources Historic news resources James Bisset Academic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)
Using News databases
Current news resourcesHistoric news resources
James BissetAcademic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)
Session outline- Key resources for current
news- Other resources for- Historic news resources- Freely available news
resources
Focus of resources available
Scale• Local• National• International
Language• English• Non-
English
Currency• Recent• Historic
Part 1 News Resources(Current News)
Key resources
Additional resources
- Times Literary Supplement [1902 - ]
- Times Higher Education Supplement [1995- ]
- The Economist [1843- ]
- JISC Mediahub [ ITN/Reuters archives 1900 - 2007 ]
- News on screen [1910- 1983]
- Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Hands-on- Explore the three main news
databases yourself: Infotrac, Nexis UK and Factiva
- Explore some of the other available sources at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/newspapers
Part 2
Historic News
Resources
Key Resources• Times Digital Archive 1785-2006
• British Newspapers 1600-1900
• Eighteenth century journals 1685-1815
•EEBO and ECCO for pamphlets
•19th Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)
•Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003
•Historic Australian newspapers 1803-1954
Historic News on Microform
• Some national and local, e.g. - Sunderland & Durham County Herald 1839-67
• International, e.g. - Kabul Times 1969-79, - Milliyet (Istanbul) 1970-86, - Pravda 1921-1953, - Jerusalem Post 1950-2007
Part 3 Free news
sources
Free news resources
• Individual newspaper titles and news sources
• Current news/what is available on public sites
• Advanced search engine options e.g. Google News
• News-specific search engines – Silobreaker (News search)– NewsNow (News International content blocked)
• Mobile/Tablet apps, eg Simmly
Free news resources
• Current news databases–Kidon Media link
• Higher Education–ResearchProfessional–Funding Councils’ web sites
Hands-on- Explore some of the historic
newspaper resources yourself
- Explore the advanced search options on search engines
- Download an app to your mobile- Explore some of the free news
resources.
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