ENG 165a&b: Violence, Truth, and Story
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Newspaper articles
- News Research (Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new windowFeatures a variety of news resources: newspapers, magazines, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blog and web publications, reviews, obituaries, and editorials. Dates of coverage varies per title.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowProvides access to: The New York Times (1980- present), The Wall Street Journal (1984- present), The Washington Post (1987- present), The Los Angeles Times (1985- present), and The Chicago Tribune (1985- present).
- NewsBank This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to major U.S. and international newspapers, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, The Chicago Sun-Times, and local Lancaster newspapers. Also includes newswires, transcripts, and U.S. small town newspapers. Coverage varies per title, with some dating back 50 years.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowHistorical access to the New York Times (1851-2015), Chicago Tribune (1849-1996), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001), and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003). Also features recent issues of the New York Times (2008- two months ago) and Wall Street Journal (2008- two months ago).
Magazine articles
- Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowIndexes over 200 popular U.S. general interest periodicals. Covers 1983 to the present.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of 500 of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. The complete database covers 1890 to 1982.
Television News Broadcasts
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive (1968- ) This link opens in a new windowOver one million video news segments, with searchable abstracts. The archive includes content from ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Covers August 5, 1968, to the present. No current material will be made available until at least 72 hours after the original broadcast.
Independent Media
National Public Radio/NPR
"NPR is an independent, nonprofit media organization that was founded on a mission to create a more informed public."
Public Broadcasting System/PBS
"PBS is a private, nonprofit corporation, founded in 1969, whose members are America’s public TV stations -- noncommercial, educational licensees that operate more than 330 PBS member stations and serve all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa."
ProPublica
"ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account."
EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Use EZBorrow (EZB)/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request articles, book chapters, books, and other materials not available at F&M.
ENG 165 Librarian
717-358-3844
lisa.stillwell@fandm.edu