News & Reference Sources - LBS 4890 - Researching & Writing the Senior Project

General Reference Database

Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. You can search a single eBook or across an entire eBook collection.

Music Reference Database

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
An encyclopedia, covering music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.

Literary Reference Databases

News Databases

Los Angeles Times (1990-current)
1985-present
Los Angeles Times (1881-1990)

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Current and historical news from the 1980s to current. News sources cover the culture and history of ethnic and minority issues, including minority and native press publications, in a variety of languages.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date global news content with archives that stretch back into the 1980s. Sources include newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites in full-text form.
Global Newsstream provides collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Global Newsstream incorporates the U.S. Newsstream, Canadian Newsstream, and International Newsstream databases. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform.

DIRECT LINKS TO MAJOR NEWSPAPERS:
Historical New York Times (1851-2019) This link opens in a new window
Historical back issues of the newspaper including all articles, editorials, classified ads, comics, cartoons, photos, maps, and graphics. For electronic access to current editions, use New York Times Digital.
New York Times (1980-present) This link opens in a new window
A newspaper archive of the print version of the New York Times to 1980. For older back issues, see the New York Times Historical (1851-2019), and for current digital coverage, see New York Times - Digital Edition.
London Times Digital Archive (1785-1985) This link opens in a new window
A historical newspaper archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements, and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. The newspaper gives insight into the history of England and the U.K., as well as Western perspective of world events broadly.

Finding Interviews in News Databases

You can limit your search in many news databases by document type to interview to search for this type of primary source.

Subject Guide

Sarah Baker

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Subjects: Anthropology, Liberal Studies, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies