LibGuides: Journalism: Finding Articles

Finding Articles

The Library subscribes to online databases that provide access to full-text magazines, scholarly journals, newspaper articles, and eBooks. Since databases are subscriptions that contain copyrighted written materials, off-campus access is password protected. To search from home you will first need to log in using your MyVVC credentials. The following databases are suggested for Journalism related research:

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
A multi-disciplinary database providing full-text articles for more than 6,600 magazines and scholarly journals, including full-text for nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed titles. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities.

After typing a search term, use the Select a Field option to refine your search:
Subject (searches subject terms within the database)
Abstract (searches terms within the article abstract)
All Text (search the entire article)
Under Limit your results check:
"Full-Text" for full-text articles only
"Scholarly Journals" for journal articles only
CQ Researcher
A weekly online publication that covers current and controversial issues. Complete summaries, discussion covering all sides of the issue, and annotated bibliographies are provided for each topic. Users are able to view the current issue, search past issues, or browse by topic, pro/con, and date.

Tip: Click the Browse Reports tab at the top of the homepage for a list of popular topics and pro/con issues.
CQ Weekly
Provides information on government, politics, and public policy surrounding Congress. Each issue contains an unbiased, objective summary of all Capitol Hill activity from the previous week. Useful search features include browsing by topic and article date.
Gale General OneFile
Includes millions of articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and other authoritative sources.
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Includes more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Gale OneFile: News
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies
Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Provides a complete one-stop resource for information on social issues. Access controversial viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Tip: Click the Browse Issues link in the site navigation bar for an A-Z list of popular topics.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCOhost)
Includes more than 1100 full-text newspapers including the New York Times. It also features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, NPR, etc.

Offers full text for U.S. newspapers including:
USA Today
The Washington Post
Star Tribune
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
US Major Dailies
US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal. The content is available by 8 AM U.S. Eastern time each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1980.