Sheldon Margen Public Health Library
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Electronic Newspapers, Newspaper Indexes, and News Sources

Access World News (formerly America's Newspapers/Global NewsBank)
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Full text news articles from over 1800 Newspapers from around the world, including over 700 U.S. newspapers. Coverage dates vary by newspaper; some go back to the late 1970s.

NewsBank World Health

CNN Health News

Factiva
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Factiva covers nearly 9,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages. Content includes trade and industry publications, general and financial newspapers, newswires, media transcripts, photographs, web sites, and more. Coverage dates vary by publication; access to some titles goes back over 25 years. Factiva also provides stock performance data, company-to-industry comparative reports, market index reports, and business press releases.

Health Headlines from 1stHealthNews

Links to health news headlines from numerous sources. Sources include ABC News, American Heart Association, CDC, CNN, Harvard Medical School, Journal of the American Medical Association, LA Times, MSNBC, New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters Health, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Washington Post.

iHealthBeat

"iHealthBeat is a free, daily online news service that provides health care professionals and decisionmakers with timely information about the Internet's impact on health care...covering topics such as care delivery, access, public health, research, policy, and business and finance." It includes a daily national news digest, in-depth analysis and commentary, and a calendar of conferences and trade shows. From the California HealthCare Foundation.

Kidon Media-Link

An extensive directory of links to all manner of media worldwide, including television, newspapers, radio and more. Searchable by continent, country, language, and media type.

LexisNexis Academic
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Provides access to full text articles and documents from nearly 6000 news, legal, and business sources. (Note: LexisNexis does not provide coverage of the Wall Street Journal).

Times Digital Archive
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Online access, fully searchable full text of over 200 years (1785 to 1985, with 1986 to 2003 added later this year) of The London Times, the "world's newspaper of record."

MedNews from Newswise

Newswise maintains a comprehensive database of news releases from more than 400 top research institutions engaged in scientific, medical, liberal arts and business research. Newswise is an online resource and community for reporters and media relations professionals. Contributors to Newswise include major universities, associations, government agencies, and private institutions. Some material may be embargoed. Abstracts and sometimes full-text are available. In addition to MedNews, SciNews, BizNews, and LifeNews are also available.

The New York Times (via ProQuest).
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Click here to find NYT articles from 1980 to the present. (Also includes NYT Book Review and NYT Magazine, 1997 to present)

Click here to find articles from 1851 to 2003.

News in Public Health

Includes news features, as well as sources of public health news releases. From Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries.

ProQuest Research Library
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Selected full text articles are available from newspapers and journals. A list of sources is available.

Science in the Headlines (National Academy of Sciences)

Links the day's news to the work of NAS on a variety of topics.

SF Gate Health Section (Hearst Communications/San Francisco Chronicle)

USA Today - Health and Science Section

Vanderbilt University Television News Archive

"The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news." Searchable database.

Wall Street Journal (via ProQuest)
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Full text available from Jan 2, 1984 to present.

Wall Street Journal, 1889-1989

World News Connection (WNC)
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World News Connection is the online version of FBIS (Foreign Broadcasting Information Service. WNC has extensive coverage of translated and English-language news and information including summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals and non-classified technical reports. Significant socioeconomic, political, scientific and environmental issues are covered for all regions/countries around the world. The database is updated daily and new information is available within 48-72 hours from the time of original publication or broadcast.

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