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Find News and Popular Media
Popular news sources:
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1851 - current
Online access to the New York Times includes full entry to the archives from 1851 to present day. Features include Spanish and Chinese editions plus hundreds of articles published in other languages and access to The New York Times Magazine. There is a 5 PDF download limit per day.
Users must be On-Grounds or have their VPN turned on and then will have to create an account with NYTimes. Access does not include Cooking, Games/Crosswords, or The Athletic.
API available, more information here: APIs for Scholarly Research - Politico Pro E&E News This link opens in a new windowE&E News provides essential energy and environment news for professionals through five daily publications.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowIn depth reports on selected issues in the news with lists of recommended books and articles.
Newspapers:
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowCompany and business information from Dow Jones; articles from over 6,000 newspapers and periodicals plus news photographs. Select "News pages" to browse daily issues of recent newspapers from many countries; use "Search" to find older articles. Access, provided through VIVA Consortium, is limited to 70 concurrent users.
- NexisUni This link opens in a new windowNews and business information from sources around the world; book reviews, biographical, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Includes many newspapers. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowContains the Daily Progress (Charlottesville's paper) and Richmond Times Dispatch. This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. It currently contains over 9,600 sources from 160 countries.
- Look up a specific newspaperUse our journal finder to look up a specific newspaper, e.g., Washington Post.
Charlottesville and Virginia Independent News:
These sources are not covered by the news databases listed above. These are independent, non-profit local news sources. The news databases listed above include local, non-independent news sources, such as the Daily Progress and the Richmond Times Dispatch.
- Charlottesville TomorrowTagline: "Charlottesville's source for public service journalism"
- Virginia MercuryTagline: "A new look at the Old Dominion." Covers state government and policy.
Foreign News:
- BBC Monitoring International Reports, 1980-current (UVA only)Provided by Lexis/Nexis Academic. News and information based on round-the-clock monitoring of radio, TV, press, internet and news agency sources around the world is provided by BBC Monitoring. Reports are translated into English from more than 100 languages
- Translations of Foreign Media Research GuideThis research guide helps you find Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) and Joint Publication Research Service (JPRS) reports. These are English translations of local news reports. Coverage varies, but is strongest from the 1960s-2016, especially for regions of the world affected by the Cold War.