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VT ENGL1106 course template: Finding Newspaper Articles
Using Factiva
Factiva is a database of newspapers, blogs and trade journals. It also indexes many of the state newspapers including The Roanoke Times, The Richmond TImes-Dispatch, Northern Virginia Daily, Virginian Pilot from Virginia Beach and the Daily Press from Newport News. Another advantage of Factiva is the ability to search college newspapers using the U-Wire and the database indexes the Collegiate Times.
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To search for a specific newspaper:
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To find a college newspaper or search all of them:
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Other Factiva Goodies
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One of the perks of using Factiva is the ability to check the daily headlines of the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco Chronicle, Barrons and Forbes. They include not headlines and articles from the front pages but also from all of the different sections - sports, leisure, travel, real estate etc. You can access these headlines by choosing the News Pages link from the top of the page |
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This is also a place to find information about the different companies and their news and stock quotes. The Business databases are much more in depth but this is a good starting place. To find this information, choose the Company/Market link at the top of the page. |
Using LexisNexis
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of hundreds of databases covering topics such as news, business, legal research, people, and company information. It is a great place for news information and it also has some company information. LexisNexis also indexes court cases and legal research.