Research Guides
Geog 276: Introduction to Political Geography - Winter 2023: News
Why Use News?
One way to get look at current events or a glimpse of the past is to read what people read, to see what people saw. This evidence can take a myriad of forms: oral histories, films, audio, advertisements, books, photographs, newspapers, tweets (for history since 2006) and more. The sources to access for the 20th century are newspapers.
Newspapers are a primary source providing a first rough draft of events. Since most newspapers are local in scope, there is good coverage of local issues. Newspapers also provide a good feel for the time period.
Global News Sources
- Access World News [NewsBank]
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Full-text, 1980s-current
Newspapers, transcripts, wire services, broadcasts, and more. - Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
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1975-1996
FBIS Daily Reports summarizing foreign news broadcasts grouped by world region. - Times (of London)
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Newspaper page images, 1785-1985
For more recent coverage, use Access World News, Newspaper Source Plus, or ProQuest Newsstand.
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Newspaper page images, 1800-1922
Growing collection of historical newspapers from around the non-Western world.
New Newspaper Subscriptions!
- nytimes.com (New York Times)Sign up for a free subscription as a UW student to online nytimes.com access
- wsj.com (Wall Street Journal)Sign up for a free subscription as a UW student to wsj.com online access
E-Newspapers
- E-NewspapersA guide of recommended resources for finding information in the news - past and present. The UW Libraries has many newspapers on microfilm in addition to those listed here.
United States News Sources
- Access World News [NewsBank]
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Full-text, 1980s-current
Newspapers, transcripts, wire services, broadcasts.
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Select 19th century African American newspapers. - Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full-text, 1980s-present
Alternative and independent press sources. - Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full-text, 1959-present
Ethnic, minority, and native publications. Includes some images. - Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Full-text, 1990s-present. Newspapers, television and radio broadcast transcripts.
- US Newsstream
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Washington State and other major national newspapers, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
Washington State News Sources
- Chronicling America: WashingtonNewspaper page images, 1836-1922
Small collection of early late 19th and 20th century Washington State newspapers including Cayton's Weekly (1917-1921) and the Tacoma Times (1903-1918)
- Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper & Periodical Index This link opens in a new window1850s-present. Some online
For topics covered by the online index, see this list. For the complete index, go to Special Collections.
- ProQuest Digital Microfilm - Spokesman Review
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Newspaper page images, 2010 to present - Seattle Times [NewsBank]
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Newspaper page images, Dec 1895-1984 and 2018 to current
Full text 1985-2017
1895-1984 also included within the Readex America's Historical Newspapers collection.
For issues 1886 to 1894, use Microfilm A419.