LibGuides: News and Newspaper Guide: Current News

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education is a major news service covering U.S. higher education and is a trusted source of independent journalism for the academic community. It is published every weekday online and appears weekly in print.

The Atlantic

This is the full run of The Atlantic from 1857 to the present.

Go to https://theatlantic.com.,
In the top right-hand corner, click "Sign In."
When you get to the sign in page, scroll down to where it says "Accessing a group subscription?"
Click "Sign in through your institution."
Type in and select "Michigan State University." Click "Continue."
You will then be directed to the MSU login page. Sign in with your MSU email address and password.

Nikkei Asia

Nikkei Asia is an English language financial news source focusing on Japan, China, Southeast Asia and India

Major Daily Newspapers

Detroit Free Press
Requires free registration. Use your msu.edu email address and the password of your choice.
Financial Times
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Lansing State Journal
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New York Times
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USA Today
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Wall Street Journal
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Current Newspaper Databases

Access World News, Research Collection This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive news collection includes local, regional, national and international news sources. Source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles from leading business newspapers, magazines, and wire services worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal.
**Access is allowed for only 6 users at a time.**
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
A collection of more than 1,000 newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the New York Times (1985-current).
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
New interface for LexisNexis Academic. A comprehensive resource for U.S. and international newspaper articles, transcripts and web news worldwide.
To construct and download in bulk full text corpora derived from newspapers, newswires and legal and trade publications from the LexisNexis Academic database, use Text Assembler.
Proquest US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
A collection of current news sources including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN Newswires, and the Huffington Post. It also offers exclusive access to over 80 Gannett regional newspapers.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
This database provides full-text, full-color newspapers and magazines from around the world. Titles are displayed as published in print. Includes a searchable, 60-day archive. Content for individual titles can vary and is not guaranteed.
ProQuest Digitized Newspapers: Recent Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Displays the final edition of each paper as it was printed; 2008-current. Includes: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, Washington Post

Alternatives to Mainstream Media

Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Coverage complements the reporting in the mainstream press. Includes biographical or personal profiles. 1970-present
Alternative Press Index and Archive This link opens in a new window
Covers journals, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 700 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Born of the New Left, the database was launched in 1969 to provide access to the emerging theories and practices of radical social change.
Independent Voices from Reveal Digital This link opens in a new window
Project to digitize over 1 million pages from the magazines, journals and newspapers of the alternative press archives of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

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