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Academic OneFile
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches. 1980s-present (dates may vary).
Also Known As
- OneFile
- Gale Academic OneFile
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Covers
- Periodicals -- General interest magazines; scholarly academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers
- Newswires -- 89 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world
- Newspapers -- Indexes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor
This database was formerly a part of Infotrac Onefile.
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Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches. 1980s-present (dates may vary).

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Topics include news and current events, politics, literature, communication science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, and many more.
- Summaries of articles in over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Full-text of articles in over 4,000 journals
- Summaries of scholarly articles in over 6,000 journals
- Full-text of scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals
While subject-specific databases may offer more depth, this one may be more up-to-date.
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Alternative Press Index (current)
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. 1991-current.

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Alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Search the Alternative Press Index Archive for material published between 1969-1990. 90% of the publications indexed in API are not indexed anywhere else. Some titles include: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books. Subjects covered by Alternative Press Index include:
- African-American Studies
- Alternative Organizations
- Anarchism
- Community Organizing
- Ecology
- Ethnic & Racial Studies
- Feminism
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Indigenous People's Rights
- Labor Studies
- Prisons
- Social Theory
- Socialism
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Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990)
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change. 1969-1990.

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Alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Covers 1969-1990. Search the Alternative Press Index for material published after 1991. 90% of the publications indexed in API are not indexed anywhere else. Some titles include: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books. Subjects covered by Alternative Press Index include:
- African-American Studies
- Alternative Organizations
- Anarchism
- Community Organizing
- Ecology
- Ethnic & Racial Studies
- Feminism
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Indigenous People's Rights
- Labor Studies
- Prisons
- Social Theory
- Socialism
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Associated Press Photo Archive
Photos from the Associated Press 50 million image print and negative library. Includes photos from the past hour. Some audio and graphic files included. 1840s-current.
Also Known As
- AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive
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Communication & Mass Media Complete
Articles in communication, mass media, linguistics, and film studies. Coverage varies, but some back to early 1900s.
Also Known As
- CMMC
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Incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study.
CMMC offers cover-to-cover ("core") indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals, and selected ("priority") coverage of over 230 more, for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Many journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable cited references from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915).
Contains a Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as "core").
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CQ Electronic Library
Full-text of the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher, as well as the CQ Congress Collection. From the Congressional Quarterly. CQ Weekly Report: 1983 to current. CQ Researcher: 1991 to current.

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The CQ Weekly is an excellent resource for Congress-watchers who need nonpartisan information on Capitol Hill. A user may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles by words, dates, subjects or other criteria. The Web service also provides users with access to some CQ Weekly articles prior to when they are available in print. More congressional offices choose the CQ Weekly over any other publication to help them keep pace with what is happening on Capitol Hill.
The CQ Researcher is the perfect answer for people who need a place to begin research on current topics. Covers current and controversial issues with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates or other criteria.
The CQ Congress Collection provides an analytical survey of the history and development; powers; personalities; current developments; and legislation considered and passed by the United States Congress. A wealth of data with nonbiased commentary is organized under four sections:
- Public Policy Legislation presents legislative information and analysis under 23 broad topics such as agriculture, civil rights, national security, and transportation and hundreds of subtopics.
- Members of Congress includes biographical, political, and electoral data about every member of Congress since the 97th Congress (additional Congresses will be added periodically). It also includes links to each member's "CQ Key Votes" voting record and data on how various interest groups rate the members. An advanced member search allows the user to search for members by various demographic fields.
- CQ Key Votes organizes, by Congress and topic, the preferred data for scholarly research. Each individual "CQ Key Vote" is presented with a description of the vote along with the vote outcome by political party and includes links to the roll call vote, the full text of the legislation, and a state delegation vote map. It also provides the ability to conduct advanced vote analysis by various demographic fields.
- The Legislative Branch provides encyclopedic information, statistical data, legislative analysis, and Supreme Court case summaries relating to the structure and powers of Congress including committee information and its relationships with other branches of government and the media.
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Early American Newspapers (1690-1922)
Digitally scanned newspapers from all 50 states. 1690-1922.
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- America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922
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The America's Historical Newspapers database includes digitally scanned newspapers from all 50 states, and is comprised of three series:
- Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690 - 1876)
- Early American Newspapers, Series II (1758 - 1900)
- Early American Newspapers, Series III (1829 - 1922)
Factiva

Global news and business information articles. Includes Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. Current.

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Full-text global news and business information service, combining the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing.
Several journal titles are not included in UConn's subscription.
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Hartford Courant Historical

Full-text of the Hartford Courant. 1764-1984.

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Issues & Controversies
Summarizes current issues and controversies in political, economic, social and scientific topics. 1995-current.
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- Facts on File (Facts.com)
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Includes chronologies, editorial cartoons, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.
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LexisNexis News
National and international newspapers, news transcripts from TV and radio, and company financial reports. 1980s-current.

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Includes national and international newspapers, popular and general-interest magazines, economics and trade journals, company financial reports, and the 'Public Opinion Online' database, produced by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. See also LexisNexis Legal and LexisNexis Business Publication groups within LexisNexis News include:
- Today's news
- U.S. and International news
- News transcripts from television and radio
- Arts & sports information
- Campus newspapers
- Business news
- Company financial information
- SEC filings
- Industry & market news and reports
- Patents
- Biographical information from Marquis Who's Who
- Country profiles
- Polls & surveys
- Quotations
- World Almanac
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New York Times Historical

Full-image archive of The New York Times. Includes the full-text of everything published in the newspaper. 1851 to 2 years ago.

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Includes articles, editorials and commentary, display and classified ads, obituaries, birth & death annoucements, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc. Also shows the entire page display of the newspaper, so you can see where articles, advertisements, and photos appear on the page. Articles are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat. You may download the reader here.
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Newspapers through ProQuest
Full text of: the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor, 1988 -; Hartford Courant, 1992 -; Los Angeles Times, 1985 -; New York Times, 1997 -; Wall Street Journal, 1982 -; and the Washington Post, 1987 -.
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- iConn Newsstand
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Reader's Guide Retrospective

The most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. 1890-1982.

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Journals covered include Time, Newsweek, and Life.
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Times Digital Archive
Full facsimile images of specific articles and complete pages of the Times of London. Includes all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos. 1785 - 1985.
Also Known As
- London Times
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Vanderbilt University Television News Archive
Largest repository of television news in the world: over "30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and over 9,000 hours of special news-related programming." 1968 to present (ABC, CBS, NBC), 1995 to present (CNN). UConn users can view all CNN materials without charge.
Also Known As
- Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University)
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Updated daily. Over 30,000 evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. These special reports and periodic news broadcasts cover presidential press conferences and political campaign coverage, and national and international events such as the Watergate hearings, the plight of American hostages in Iran, the Persian Gulf war, and the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.
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