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New York Times Digital Access

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Access to Wall Street Journal Online

 

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Politico Pro

 

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PoliticoPro is a leading source of timely policy news and analysis.  It covers 15 overarching industry areas including Agriculture, Budget and Appropriations, Campaigns, Cybersecurity, Defense, Education, eHealth, Employment & Immigration, Energy, Financial Services, Health Care, Tax, Technology, Trade and Transportation. Features include:

  • Morning Newsletters on each of the above industry sector homepages that give those interested in specific areas a daily look-ahead as to the key areas driving the day in these sectors. Newsletters are housed on each policy areas homepage. Go to the PoliticoPro Newsletter page to sign up for email alerts.
  • Whiteboard news alerts on each policy sector’s homepage that provide a chronological timeline of recent policy news as well as long-form. 
  • Documents with an intuitive search feature to find relevant and timely primary sources, including Dear Colleague letters, CBO and Congressional Research Service Reports, etc.. 
  • The Calendar provides up to date information about policy events in Washington including Hill hearings, think tanks events

World Politics Review

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World Politics Review provides analysis of critical global trends for policymakers, analysts, academics and readers with an interest in international affairs. Written by a network of experts and on-the-ground influencers, WPR content provides comprehensive and detailed perspectives on a wide diversity of issues including defense and security, diplomacy, economics and more.

Users can create free personal accounts allowing them to set up email news alerts, and receive newsletters and updates for different geographical regions or content authors.

The WPR content is also fully searchable via the library’s EBSCOhost platform, allowing advanced searching of the article metadata and content.

 

Finding the News

To access individual newspapers or find articles that you come across online, go to the library homepage and click on the eJournals link under the main search box. From here, search for the title of the newspaper. We have current access to most major newspapers through a variety of platforms. For direct links to common newspaper, see the list below. For a more in-depth guide to find news, including historical and international, see the Newspapers Research Guide.

News Databases

News media, commentary and analysis