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Last updated on November 27,
2007
- Academic
Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Full text of newspapers from around the world in English translation
for last several years
- Access
World News (UMich Only)
- Full text of hundreds of
English-language newspapers or newswires from around the world
- Especially good for Michigan newspapers, newspapers of smaller
cities, and newspapers of smaller countries
- Searches can be customized to include selected papers
- Crisis
Watch
- Compilation of news sources on foreign and international issues
- Includes State Department and United Nations press releases as well
as foreign and international newswires
- Good coverage of Africa and Eastern Europe
- Diplomacy Monitor
(St. Thomas University School of Law
- Translations of official foreign government statements and speeches for the last
three months
- Indexed by keyword, broad subject, country of origin, and country it is
about
- Foreign
Broadcast Information Service, 1975-96 [Library]
- Indexes foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English
- Approach by keyword, title, subject, and region
- Once the translations are identified, you can find the text in the
Serials/Microforms Room
- Guide
to FBIS
- Continued by the World News
Connection
INDEX CODE SERIES NAME FICHE # YEARS COVERED
Call Number #
AAP * Asia and the Pacific Micro-F X211 1974-87
AFR ** Africa (Sub-Sahara) Micro-F X212 1987-96
DT348.A24U529 current
EAS * East Asia Micro-F X211 1987-96
DS1.U59A39 current
EEU Eastern Europe Micro-F X209 1974-96
DR1.U58A239 current
LAT Latin America Micro-F X213 1974-96
MEA ** Middle East and Africa Micro-F X212 1974-87
NES ** Near East and South Asia Micro-F X212A 1987-96
DS41.D14 current
PRC China Micro-F X208 1974-96
DS701.U529 current
SOA *** South Asia Micro-F X215 1980-87
SOV *** Soviet Union Micro-F X210 1974-91
Central Eurasia Micro-F X210 1991-present
USR **** Central Eurasia Micro-F X210 1993-94
WEU Western Europe Micro-F X214 1974-96
______________________
* In 1987 AAP (Asia and Pacific) series became EAS (East Asia)
** In 1987, MEA (Middle East & Africa) dropped Mid East & became
AFR (Sub-Saharan Africa). South Asia added it, becoming
NES (Near East & South Asia).
*** In 1991, the Soviet Union Daily Report became the Central Eurasian
Daily Report. The mnemonic remains SOV.
**** In 1991, the index began covering JPRS reports on Political Affairs
of the CIS, citing them as the Central
Eurasian Report (USR).
- Foreign
News Sources (Yahoo)
- Extensive list arranged by country
- International
News Sources on the Internet (UPitt)
- Links to highly selectiveinternational news sources on the
Internet
- Includes some annotations
- International
News Archive (Special Libraries Association)
- Lists newspapers available on the internet by country
- Provides link, language, search capability, and archival nature
- Most but not all are free
- Keesings World
News
- Abstracts of news around the world from a British perspective since
1931
- Especially good for foreign election coverage
- Media
Link
- Country-by-country listings of television and radio stations are
especially good
- Middle East Research
Institute Special Dispatch
- Selective translations of the Middle East news media on current
events, including the war with Iraq
- Series focused on major current events since 1998
- News, Media, and
Periodicals (Mich Electronic Library)
- Lists of U.S. newspapers by state and foreign newspapers by
country
- Newslink
- Lists online newspapers by state and foreign country
- Includes foreign language papers
- Newspaper
Index
- Lists the best online newspapers in each country
- Newspapers are national in scope and have at least one day free
online
- Online Data Bases of
Russian Publications (Eastview) (UMich Only)
- Subscription includes full text of central Russian newspapers and
those of the CIS/Baltic states
- Most publications in Russian although a few newspapers in English
- Searchable by date and keyword
- Opinion
Pages
- Full text of opinion and news commentary from around the world
- Separate sections for politics, business, technology, sports, health,
and arts
- Searchable by keyword or browsable by geography
- University of Michigan
- In-Library and
On-Line Newspapers
- Lists newspapers held at the University of Michigan Library with
plans for including Michigan State University and Wayne State
University
- Newspapers arranged by title and geographic area
- Description includes library location, holdings, and formats (print,
microform, CD-ROM)
- Also provide holdings for on-line services such as DIALOG and
the web
- Newspapers
at the University of Michigan Library
- Lists newspaper indexes and newspapers around the world available in
various formats
within the University Library system
- Description of Newspapers
on CD-ROM
- Pro-Quest (UMich
Only)
- International Herald Tribune; citation, abstracts,
and full-text since Dec. 1997; four-day delay
- Jerusalem Post; citations, abstracts, and full text
from Dec. 1997; six-day delay
- South China Morning Post; citations, abstracts and
full text from Jan. 11, 1995; two-day delay
- Statesman; citations, abstracts, and full text from
Dec. 17, 1997; six-day delay
- Times of London; citations, abstracts and full text
since Jan. 1995; seven-day delay
- World News
Connection
- Text of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English
since November 1994
- Searchable by keyword, date, and region
- Translations from countries with a U.S. trade embargo (e.g. Iran,
Iraq, Sudan and Libya) were removed beginning October 1999
- Replaces the Foreign Broadcast Information Service
beginning in 1996
- Campus networking permits five simultaneous
users using UMich IP addresses and dialing directly into ITD or the
campus ethernet
- World News Connection Guide
- Africa News On-Line
- English translation of news stories about Africa from African press
agencies, Britain, and international organizations
- Arranged by country or broad topic with most coverage beginning
January 1997
- Al-Jazeera (English
Version)
- Television network to the Arab world from Qatar
- Both official versions down as of March 26, 2003
- Arabic Media Internet Network
- Extensive links to on-line news media from Arab countries
- Texts in English or Arabic
- Asia Now
(CNN)
- Asian counterpart of CNN web site in the United States
- Daily political, cultural, business and sports news
- Links to Asia Week, a Time equivalent
- Asia Source
- Reprints English-language articles on Asian countries for the current
week
- Special reports on issues
- Demographic, social, economic, and military data for individual
countries with an alternative comparative approach
- Asia
Times
- Primary business news but includes politics
- Special articles and text of other area newspapers
- Archive is searchable
- Balkan
News
- Full text and summaries of current news items by and from Balkan
countries
- Countries include: Albania, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia,
Greece, Croatia, and Bulgaria
- British Broadcasting
Corporation
- Text of UK and international news, culture, science, and children's
programs, primarily beginning 1996
- Use the SEARCH key to access
the archives
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- National
Online
- In-depth reports and investigations
- Examples include tamoxifen, the Irish vote, living in space
- News
Transcripts
- Full text of nightly news transcripts
- Archived and searchable beginning September 1, 1996
- Newsworld
On-Line
- Headline news updated throughout the day
- Canadian and international coverage
- Central Europe On-Line
- News, business, culture, and travel information
- News service archived to December 2, 1996
- China News
Digest
- English summary of news around the world about China
- Issued on daily basis with archives since 1995
- Search engine does not cover entire archive but can be useful
- Debka File
- English-language Israeli newspaper on politics
- Eurasia News
- Current week's news Central Asia since 1999 with special pages on the
old Soviet republics
- Inside China Today
- News, business, culture, and travel information
- News service archived to December 1, 1996
- International Herald
Tribune
- Weekly archives of global, financial and technology headline news
- Files begin January 1997
- Based in Paris but text available in English
- Jordan
Times
- Last week of political and economic news
- London
Times
- Radio Canada
International
- Short news briefs and audio
- Available in several languages
- Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty
- U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economic and human
rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Newsline feature has current
news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
- Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest reports
and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
- OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-March 1997, also
remained available as of May 30, 1997
- Russia Today
- News, business, culture, and travel information for Russia and CIS
countries
- News service archived to December 2, 1996
- Vladivostok
News
- English-language newspaper of the Russian far east
- Political and business news with candid editorials
- Archived since December 1995 with a search engine
- Links to the dail version
- Voice of America
- U.S. Information Agency radio broadcasts throughout the world
- Last week only; not indexed
- Voice of
Russia
- Radio broadcasting and telecommunications service
- Special reports on foreign and domestic public policy
- Multilingual text
- Academic
Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
- Full text of newspapers for the United States and its major cities
- Time coverage varies but may extend to 20 years
- Also business, entertainment, and legal news
- Access
World News (UMich Only)
- Full
text of hundreds of
English-language newspapers or newswires from around the world
- Especially good for Michigan newspapers, newspapers of smaller
cities, and newspapers of smaller countries
- Searches can be customized to include selected papers
- Blue Eagle
Columnists
- Links to commentaries from 325 political columnists and political
cartoons
- Create Your Own
Newspaper (CRAYON)
- Users can choose the subjects and news sources to create a customized
daily newspaper
- Current
Awareness Using Internet Audio and Video (George Washington
University)
- News programs in audio and video
- Divided into continuous feed, news hours, international broadcasts,
business, government, and special programs
- Current Events -
A Law Guide
- Nicely annotated links to legal news
- Documents
in the News (UMich)
- Identifies the text of government publications cited by the news media as well as
related web sites
- Sample subjects: Bosnian peace agreement, President Clinton's
speech on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Balanced
Budget proposals, and a GAO report on the White House
Travel Office
- Drudge
Report
- Links to current articles of political columnists
- Editor
and Publisher On-Line Newspapers
- Links to over 1000 newspapers worldwide
- Arranged by continent and country; for the United States, subdivided
by state
- Annotations describe publication, provide links, and give pricing
information when applicable
- Ethnic News
Watch
- Full text of news and journal articles on the ethnic population of
the United States as well as publications by the ethnic press
- Coverage begins in the 1980s
- Searchable by keyword, date, people, ethnic groups, and language
- Genderwatch
- Full text journal, magazine, news and newsletter articles on women's
issues since the 1970s
- Ranges from gender and societal roles to birth control, sexual
harassment, daycare, aging parents and eating disorders
- Searchable by keyword, author, journal and date
- InfoSeek's
Premier News
- Combined search engine to the Chicago Tribune, CNN, MSNBC, Los
Angeles Times, New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, and Washington Post
- Direct access provided to articles but New York Times requires
advance registration
- News, Media, and
Periodicals (Mich Electronic Library)
- Lists of U.S. newspapers by state and foreign newspapers by
country
- News Sources
on Politics (Capitol Watch)
- Links to newspapers, news magazines, and political magazines
- News Sources on the
Internet (Yahoo)
- Extensive links to newswires, newsletters, and newspapers
- Arranged by subject or source (commercial, government, etc.)
- Newslink
- Lists online newspapers by state and foreign country
- Includes foreign language papers
- Opinion
Pages
- Full text of opinion and news commentary from around the world
- Separate sections for politics, business, technology, sports, health,
and arts
- Searchable by keyword or browsable by geography
- Pro-Quest (UMich
Only)
- Chicago Tribune; citations and abstracts since
Jan.1985; two day delay
- International Herald Tribune; citation, abstracts,
and full-text since Dec. 1997; four-day delay
- Jerusalem Post; citations, abstracts, and full text
from Dec. 1997; six-day delay
- New York Times Book Review; citations, abstracts
from Jan. 1996; full text from Sept. 1997;
- New York Times Magazine; citations, abstracts from
Jan. 1996; full text for last 90 days
- New York Times; citations and abstracts since Aug.
22, 1986; full text from last 90 days; one-day delay
- South China Morning Post; citations, abstracts and
full text from Jan. 11, 1995; two-day delay
- Statesman; citations, abstracts, and full text from
Dec. 17, 1997; six-day delay
- Times of London; citations, abstracts and full text
since Jan. 1995; seven-day delay
- Washington Post; citations, abstracts from Feb.
1998;
full text from Dec. 1997; three-day delay
- Wall Street Journal; citations and abstracts from
Jan. 1985; full text since Jan. 1995; two-day delay
- U.S. Politics and
World News (Open Access from LEXIS)
- Top news stories for the past month arranged by subject or person
- Separate section on television news transcripts
- Articles selected from news media around the U.S.
- University of Michigan
- In-Library and
On-Line Newspapers
- Lists newspapers held at the University of Michigan Library with
plans for including Michigan State University and Wayne State
University
- Newspapers arranged by title and geographic area
- Description includes library location, holdings, and formats (print,
microform, CD-ROM)
- Also provide holdings for on-line services such as DIALOG and
the web
- Newspapers
at the University of Michigan Library
- Lists newspaper indexes and newspapers around the world available in
various formats
within the University Library system
- Description of Newspapers
on CD-ROM
Individual Newspapers
- Christian Science Monitor
- Daily newspaper with the full text of lead articles (U.S.,
international, cultural, crossword)
- Archive back to 1980 searchable by subject
- Detroit Free Press
- News, sports, business, and entertainment lead stories
- Searchable index
- Launched the week of August 12, 1996 so long-term archiving policies
unknown
- Academic
Universe (Umich Only) has the full text since 1996 and
InfoTrac's
Custom Newspapers has the text for an unknown period
- Detroit
News
- Lead metro, state, national, and international news
- Editorials, sports, cartoons, lottery numbers, death notices
- Archive begins with July 23, 1995
- Keyword index available for back files
-
Newsbank's
American Newspapers has the full text of the Detroit News since
1999
- Also on CD-ROM
since 1991 in the Serials Room
- Not covered by Academic Universe
- Lansing State Journal
- Los Angeles Times
- Most access requires a subscription except for residents of Southern
California
- Includes O.J. Simpson deposition transcripts
- NANDO Times
- Popular North Carolina newspaper with continuously updated coverage of world, U.S.,
political, and sports news
- New York
Times
- Full text of today's New York Times and a searchable archive
- Initial registration required
- Registration currently free in the U.S. but organization reserves
the right to charge
- Serials/Microforms has microfilm edition, 1851+ (FILM X979)
- Paper index in Reference Room, 1943+ as AI 21 .N53 with 1851-1942 in
Graduate Library stacks
- Academic
Universe (UMich Only) indexes the Times, 1969-79; full text
begins in 1980
- Full
Text, 1851-1999 (UMich Only) also available
- New York Times
Fax
- Eight-pages of articles from the current day's newspaper
- United States and international events, sports, weather, and
crossword puzzle
- Requires subscription and Adobe Acrobat software
- Newswatch
- Issued by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, a nonpartisan
research organization
- Analyzes the accuracy of daily news from media critics
- Roll Call
- Current day's news in Congress
- State-by-state coverage of the Congressional elections
- USA Today
- Daily articles on news, sports, weather and finances
- Archival file of the top news stories
- Wall Street Journal
(UMich Only)
- Washington
Times
- Current day's domestic and foreign political news and opinion
- Includes Washington Metropolitan area culture and news
- Washington Post
- Full text of current issue and searchable archive
- International section has news and web links to individual
countries
- National section has new and web links to individual states
- Searchable index creates maps for individual U.S. business
establishments
Individual Newswires
- Reuter's
News Service
- Full text of today's headline news
- U.S., world, politics, sports, entertainment, and business
Radio Sites
- National Public
Radio
- Links to public radio stations with web sites
- Arranged by state and call letters
- Newspaper
Mania
- Links to over 2800 newspapers, TV and radio stations
- Arranged by continent, country, and state
Comprehensive Television Links
- Click TV
- Local and cable TV programs for the coming week in 200 market areas
- Choose viewing area; then search by day, time, type of program or
keyword
- Newspaper
Mania
- Links to over 2800 newspapers, TV and radio stations
- Arranged by continent, country, and state
- Speech
and Transcript Center (George Washington University)
- Web links to television transcripts
- Also includes links to speeches by U.S. federal, state and local
officials, foreign governments, businesses, and international
organizations
- Television
News Archive (Vanderbilt)
- Search for abstracts of U.S. nightly news broadcasts
- Coverage begins in 1968
Individual Television Web Sites
- ABC News
- Requires JAVA script for viewing
- Visible without Java if graphics turned off
- Cable News Network
(CNN)
- News stories on current political issues, often with the full-text
of relevant documents
- Recent material and election coverage archived in subject groups
- Summaries or full text of recent CNN political programs
- CBS News Up-to-the
Minute
- Current news and programming notes
- Archive of stories not obvious
- Microsoft/NBC
- Current news, weather, and sports as featured on CNBC
- Features real-time and multimedia presentations
- Maximized for Microsoft Internet Explorer
- PBS OnLine
News Hour
- Transcripts of daily political news reported by PBS
beginning 1996
- Includes links to background information
- Samples include late term abortion issue, economics,
freshmen in the
105th Congress
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