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EDUC 506: Politics, Policymaking and America’s Schools: Finding News
General News (U.S.)
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America's NewsAmerica's News is the most comprehensive U.S.newspaper resource available. It provides information on people, issues, and events in the local area or around the country. Updated daily, America's Newspapers offers tens of millions of current and archived full-text articles from newspapers nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database. It includes the complete electronic editions of 827 newspapers - with 75% of these sources not available in any other library database.
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U.S. NewsstreamNews content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines.
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Newspaper Source PlusProvides complete full-text coverage of 149 national and international newspapers, such as Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Times (London), Toronto Star, Washington Post, and Washington Times. Additionally offered is selective full text from over 400 regional U. S. newspapers and transcripts from CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NPR, etc.
North Carolina News
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Charlotte Observer Historical ArchiveCharlotte Observer online from 1892 to the present.
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DigitalNCThe online home for materials presented by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. It includes yearbooks from NC colleges and universities, NC newspapers, NC city directories, photos from NC and other historical materials about North Carolina.
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Durham Herald-Sun Historical ArchiveCoverage begins in 1901 and continues through present
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Greensboro News and Record Historical ArchiveOnline access to the Greensboro News and Record from 1906 to Present.
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News & ObserverAccess to the News & Observer via NewsBank America's News.
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Newspapers.com (North Carolina Newspapers)Provides access to historic newspapers from the 1700s to the present. UNC users have access to a large selection of North Carolina newspapers through a partnership between Newspapers.com and the UNC University Library.
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Star-News Historical ArchiveCoverage of the Wilmington Morning Star from 1868-1994, the Wilmington News from 1949-1975, and the Star News from 1994-present.
News Databases
All subscription news databases can be accessed here.
Access WaPo and NYT
You can gain free access to the New York Times and Washington Post by creating an account with your UNC email.
Instructions for setting up a New York Times account
Films on Demand
Find newsclips and documentaries from producers including ABC News, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., PBS, and more through Films on Demand.
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Films on Demand Video CollectionWatch thousands of full length documentaries and news segments from Films Media Group's Master Academic Collection online.