Information Resources for Journalism

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• Alt-Press Watch
  • Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. 1994- present.
• Business Source Premier (EBSCOHost)
  • About 3,050 full-text scholarly publications, plus abstracts for 3,850+ journals, in management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Also includes country economic reports and profiles for 5,000 large companies. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• ComAbstracts
  • Indexes journal articles and books in the professional literature of communications. Coverage varies for each journal, but is listed on the About ComAbstracts page.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
  • Indexes FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government on worldwide political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues or events. The reports are translations of foreign news or government sources.
• GenderWatch
  • Full text collection of articles covering women's and gender topics.
• Access World News
  • From the index page, click the link that reads, "America's Newspapers".
    Index and full-text of international print and broadcast news. 1996- present.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information.
• Nation Digital Archive
  • Search issues of The Nation from 1865-2004. Browse by date, author, or subject. Full-text available, excluding most recent 1 month.
• 19th Century Masterfile
  • Series I: Index for 19th century USA and British periodicals.
    Series III: Indices for the New York Times Index, 1863-1905 (full-text available from ProQuest); New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906; Palmer's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890; Index to the Oregon Spectator, 1846-1854.
• Oxford English Dictionary
  • The complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition OED. Quarterly updates of the in-progress third edition. Entries include etymology, usage quotes, and date charts.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• America History & Life
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history (United States and Canada). 1964- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Gallup Brain
  • Searchable archive of 125,000 poll questions, with responses from 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll. Also, Gallup Poll News Service articles feature in-depth poll analyses and replicas of related news stories and press releases. 1935- present.
• Arts & Humanities Search
  • A citation index covering over 1,136 titles from leading arts and humanities journals. Includes the ability to search particular authors' works to find out who is citing them. 1980- present.
• Global Books in Print
  • Records of in-print, forthcoming, and recently out-of-print books from over 44,000 North American publishers. Updated weekly.
• ECO - Electronic Collections Online (Electronic Journals)
  • Indexes 5,400+ scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects. Abstracts and full-text are available for approximately 400 journals to which UNR subscribes. To limit results to these journals, check the "full-text" box. 1995- present.
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Full text for 2,000 general publications, plus abstracts for 600+ titles. Covers business, education, health, science, multicultural issues, travel, and more. Also includes book reviews, biographies, images, World Almanac, and American Heritage Dictionary. 1975- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.
• Regional Business News (EBSCOHost)
  • 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering U.S. metropolitan and rural areas. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 1,725 journals from 1965- present.
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.
• Ingenta
  • Indexes more than 20,000 journals covering all subject areas, with tables of contents for the journals included.

Other Resources

• Web Reference Shelf
  • UNR Library's selected links to a wide variety of resources providing addresses, facts, statistics, zip codes, and more.
• ReferenceUSA
  • A directory of more than 11 Million US Businesses. Search by company name or SIC code and limit by location or company size.
• Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
  • A dictionary of the current vocabulary of standard written and spoken English language, from 1755-1996, containing 450,000 vocabulary entries.
• World Almanac
  • Search 4 versions of the World Almanac at once: the Almanac and Book of Facts, U.S.A., U.S. Politics, and Almanac for Kids.
• Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide
  • Comprehensive work on the history, scholarship, social, cultural, and legal aspects of pornography and American society. Includes bibliographies and links to court cases cited in the Guide.