LibGuides: COMM 111: Public Speaking: News Sources

Popular U.S. Newspapers

WCN 24/7. (2015, Mar. 30). WPXI/Channell 11 News Experience. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/wcn247/16983631005/ Used under the Creative Commons License.

When it comes to finding news and current events, you have lots of options. The Ablah Library has print copies of the Wichita Eagle, the Kansas City Star, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. These newspapers are also available electronically, through a number of different online subscription databases.

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Current full-text access to six Kansas newspapers: Emporia Gazette (2002- ), Kansas City Star (1991- ), Lawrence Journal-World (1990- ), Manhattan Mercury (1997- ), Topeka Capital-Journal (2002- ) and Wichita Eagle (1984- ). Also accessible, Access World news, which is a comprehensive news collection of local, regional, national, and international topics. Terms of Use
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles, and features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
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Abstracts and some full-text articles from scholarly journals and trade publications in business and economics worldwide. Includes industry information, regional and national newspapers, and full-text access to the Wall Street Journal. Coverage: 1971-current.
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New York Times (1851-3 years ago) with Index (1851-1993) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the New York Times online for the years 1851-three years ago. This database offers full-page-images and article images. Digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.
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