Research Guides: *Journalism: Getting Started

Key Resources

Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Combining the content of Communication & Mass Media Complete and Communication Abstracts, this comprehensive resource offers content pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields. Coverage goes back to 1915.

Pew Research Center - Journalism & Media
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Verification handbook : an ultimate guideline on digital age sourcing for emergency coverage by Craig Silverman
Call Number: PN4775 .V47 2014 VIEW MAP
ISBN: 978131202313
Publication Date: 2014

Vanderbilt Television News Archive This link opens in a new window
The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news: Recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968. CNN and NBC clips are available via video streaming.

NUsearch This link opens in a new window
NUsearch is the main search tool for Northwestern University Library, combining the library catalog with a wealth of other databases and online collections.

Historical News Sources
by Geoff Morse Last Updated Aug 23, 2023 278 views this year
Leisure Materials: Newspapers, magazines and more
by Lauren McKeen McDonald Last Updated Aug 4, 2023 1399 views this year
News Sources
by Natalie Pelster Last Updated Aug 4, 2023 4727 views this year
Quick Access to Major Newspapers
by Natalie Pelster Last Updated Sep 28, 2023 3937 views this year
Readex Guide
by Geoff Morse Last Updated Apr 17, 2023 213 views this year

Reference Online and In Print
by Geoff Morse Last Updated Sep 19, 2023 1530 views this year

Links to NU Libraries' newspaper subscriptions.

Chicago Tribune (most recent three issues through Press Reader)
Chicago Tribune (Sunday) (most recent three Sunday issues through Press Reader)
Chicago Tribune (full text coverage from Dec.4, 1996 to present through Proquest)

New York Times (full text coverage from June 1980 to present through Proquest)

Wall Street Journal (full text coverage from January 1984 to present through Proquest)

Washington Post (full text coverage from February 1996 to present through Proquest)