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" SW560
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Policy Researcher Tutorial
6. Primary Sources: Newspapers
Once you have narrowed your policy issue or legislation, the following databases may provide full text primary sources for an historical perspective on your topic.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
1851 - 2001 (Varies by title)
Guide to ProQuest.Full-text searchable access to the complete back files of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor. Includes original page images digitized from microfilm.
Select the historical newspaper of your choice. Once you chose the historical file, you will be able to limit your search by date, which is a very important feature for historical research:
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Coverage varies. (Updated daily)
Quick Guide to searching LexisNexis Academic. Complete Guide to searching LexisNexis Academic. Guide to searching newspapers. List of sources.
Search service which provides access to the full text of legal and current business publications, wire services, broadcast media, major newspapers and trade/news magazines. Also includes federal, circuit and district court cases; state laws and court cases; biographies; MEDLINE abstracts and select medical reference sources; and business news and corporate reports.
Click on "News", then change the date field from default, which is "Previous six months" to get older articles.
For Congressional broadcasts see
C-SPAN
The C-SPAN networks are committed to televising the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate when they are in session. In addition, C-SPAN covers congressional hearings, White House press briefings, speeches, and other important public affairs events.
American Political Archive expands C-SPAN Radio's venture into historical audio. This program features interesting, notable, and often unique audio from the National Archives, presidential libraries, the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress and other sources. The program presents interviews, debates, oral histories, news conferences, and speeches with past presidents, legislators, and other important figures in American politics.
For an alternative press perspective, see:
1985-
Full-text database of about 200 publications from ethnic, minority and native presses. Searchable in both English and Spanish. This database is limited to 4 simultaneous connections.
= University of Michigan Licensed Database -- Accessible from campus
workstations and from remote locations to valid U-M community members
with signon or with valid IP address. 
