Research Guides: HIST 395: Prison Nation: The Rise of Mass Incarceration in the United States (Rosen): News and Magazine Sources

Overview

The library has a rich collection of historical and current news sources, including radio and television. For a comprehensive listing, with links, consult the library's NEWS SOURCES guide. This guide provides links to both current and historical sources, including quick links to current papers. Below are some other quick links to a few sources.

News Sources

Access World News

Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources. This archive provides comprehensive coverage of current events (history in the making) and historical events.
Ethnic NewsWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press, offering both national and regional coverage. Ethnic NewsWatch presents multi-ethnic and multi-cultural publications in one resource covering 1959-present. Individual publication coverage varies by title.

U.S. Historical News Sources

Lists of and links to newspapers and news sources, including links to some video and radio news archives.

Magazine Sources

Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access World News is a comprehensive resource that includes a variety of news publications worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more. Access World News is updated daily. This database combines news articles from more than 12,000 sources and over 200 countries. Much of the material in non-English languages has been translated into English, but a significant amount of material is presented in the original language.
American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
Full text database of American periodicals that began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many more. For those periodicals that continued to publish after 1900, coverage is extended well into the 20th century.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles published in the most important popular magazines published in the United States from 1890 until 1982.Provides some links to full text. A key resource for identifying what was published in the popular press during this era.