Suggested Resources for Journalism

Indexes & Databases to Articles
Good places to start your research ...

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Duluth News Tribune		Text of the Duluth newspaper, indexed
	LexisNexis Academic		Business, law, medical, news
	NewsStand		Online access to over 250 national and international newspapers
	St. Paul Pioneer Press (Newsstand)		Index and text of last 3-4 days
	Star Tribune (NewsStand)		Access Star Tribune articles from 1986 - present

Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...

 

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Academic OneFile		Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals. Partially paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	Academic Search Premier		Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	Alternative Press Watch		Full text from alternative and independent publications.
	American Periodicals Series (APS)		Full-text articles from selected American periodicals printed between 1741 - 1900
	Business Insights: Essentials (previously Business and Company Resource Center)		Provides business and industry information via articles, investment reports, chronologies and company histories, brand and product information, rankings and more
	Business Source Premier		Provides full text for scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship)		Index to citations (no abstracts) to 30 titles.
	CQ Researcher		CQ Research report offers in-depth non-biased coverage of political and social issues.
	CQ Weekly Archive (1983-2009)		CQ weekly reports nonpartisan news and analysis from Congress.
	DATANET (Minnesota)		Statistical data on Minnesota, population, land use, crime, education, health, substance abuse, and retail sales
	Ethnic News Watch		Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native presses.
	Federal Register		Daily official publication of Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and of Executive Orders and other presidential documents
	FEDSTATS		Statistics from over 70 federal agencies on demographics, business, taxation, environment, politics, crime, employment, military, climate, health, and education
	FindLaw		Federal and state legal resources including court decisions and codes
	FIS Online (Mergent Online)		Current corporate and financial reports on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies
	Gallup Brain		Public opinion results to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.
	Hoover's Online		News and financials from U.S. public corporations with some industry analysis. Good for finding major competitors.
	LexisNexis Business & Industry News		Business news focused on specific industries and markets
	LexisNexis Legal News		Legal news
	Mintel Reports		Full Text Marketing Reports
	New York Times (Historical Online Archive)		Full page images of the New York Times, from its first issue in 1851 to 2000. Includes digital images of every page from every issue, cover to cover, including the New York Times Book Review.
	New York Times (NewsStand)		Access articles from the New York Times, 1999 - present
	Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers		British Library Newspapers consists of two major collections from the British Library: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th Century Newspapers. For a list of titles, please click here.
	Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers		Full text articles from 19th century United States newspapers. For a full list of newspapers included, please click here .
	Proquest Congressional Publications		Guide to locating congressional publications, bills, testimony, etc
	Reference USA		Company information, marketing
	Regional Business News		A collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Paid for by Electronic Library of Minnesota.
	Statistical Abstract of the United States		Statistical tables on United States topics
	Thomas		Access to Congressional publication including bills, laws, and committee reports
	Ulrich's Periodicals Directory		Comprehensive directory information for over 186,000 magazines, newspapers, and journals, international in scope, and in all formats.
	Wall Street Journal (NewsStand)		Access articles from the WSJ (1984 - present).
	Washington Post (NewsStand)		Access articles from The Washington Post, 1996 - present.
	World Almanac & Book of Facts		Almanac and book of facts
	World FactBook (CIA)		Foreign countries - demographics, economies, climate, geography, government, military, etc.
	WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty		U.S. and International library holdings

 

 

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For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:

Kim Pittman, Reference & Instruction Librarian

Email:kpittman@d.umn.edu

Phone:218-726-7829

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