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1. ABCNews
Current network news, with links to local affiliates throughout the U.S.[Full Description]
http://abcnews.go.com
2. ABYZ News Links
Links to newspapers, broadcast and other news media around the world, by country: local, national, and also "foreign sources" published on each country. United States covered by state.[Full Description]
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
3. Access World News [UCSD Only]
Dates vary. More than 1500 sources on countries worldwide, including 650 in the U.S. Largely newspapers for the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, other English-speaking countries. For the rest of the world mostly wire services and BBC newspaper digests.[Full Description]
http://uclibs.org/PID/98452
4. AllAfrica.com
Online distributor of African news and information, posting over 800 stories daily in English and French, and a searchable archive of 750,000 articles (including the Africa News Service back to 1997).[Full Description]
http://allafrica.com
5. BBC News
Current news of the UK and the world: text, audio, video[Full Description]
http://news.bbc.co.uk
6. CNN
Current news of the U.S. and the World. Includes regional international coverage and transcripts of news, features and other programming from the past twelve months.[Full Description]
http://www.cnn.com/
7. Ethnic NewsWatch [UCSD Only]
1960-present. Full text U.S. ethnic community newspapers, newsletters, magazines. Includes African-American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian-Pacific, European-American, Hispanic, Jewish, Native-American. Searchable in English and Spanish.[Full Description]
http://uclibs.org/PID/4737
Searching tips
Periodicals covered in database
List of publications online
8. Gallup Brain [UCSD Only]
Public opinion polls and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935, plus articles, weekly briefings and other reports from the Gallup organization[Full Description]
http://uclibs.org/PID/113666
9. Google News
Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously by Google. You have the option to login and set you own preferences.[Full Description]
http://news.google.com/
10. Home Town News
Nearly 3,000 links to "to all known daily and weekly U.S. newspapers with Web sites. You may either select a state or click on a state on the map.[Full Description]
http://www.hometownnews.com/
11. LexisNexis Academic [UCSD Only]
Thousands of full-text sources including newspapers, wires, transcripts, newsletters, magazines, trade journals; also industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions. Coverage dates vary. Former name: Academic Universe.[Full Description]
http://uclibs.org/PID/20081
LexisNexis Wiki for Higher Education
Publications Lists, Additions, Deletions
User Guide (Advanced)
User Guide
General U.S. Newspapers in LexisNexis Academic
Easy Steps To Success "Smart Card" (PDF)
Master LexisNexis Source Locator
Commands At A Glance (PDF)
13. Los Angeles Times (Current) [UCSD Only]
1985-present. Search and view full text of the Los Angeles Times on Proquest[Full Description]
URL too long to display
Historical L.A.Times, 1881-1985
Alternative access via Newsbank
Or go directly to the LA Times website
14. Media-Link
Links to global newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and news agencies.[Full Description]
http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.shtml
15. New York Times (Current) [UCSD Only]
1999-present. Search and display full text of the New York Times on Proquest. Uses the Late Edition (East Coast). Also includes abstracts and articles 1984-1998, but for better results use New York Times (Historical)[Full Description]
URL too long to display
Historical New York Times, 1851-2003
LexisNexis alternative access, 1980-present
Or visit New York Times website.
16. News and Newspapers Online
Links to news sources in the United States and around the world, maintained by the library of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro[Full Description]
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
17. News and Weather Links from the UCSD Website
Campus, San Diego, California, national and international news sources, plus weather; a set of links maintained by the main UCSD website.[Full Description]
http://www.ucsd.edu/news.html
18. Newsbank: America's Newspapers [UCSD Only]
Dates vary. Now part of Access World News. Full-text content of more than 650 U.S. newspapers (116 in California). Local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics and government,local companies and people. [Full Description]
URL too long to display
19. NewsDirectory.com: a guide to English-Language media online
Directory of English-language news sources around the world: newspapers, magazines, TV, wire services, trade associations, etc. Many are freely available; others require subscriptions.[Full Description]
http://www.ecola.com/
20. Newslink
Links to newspapers, magazines, broadcast media and resources for journalists. Assembled by the American Journalism Review[Full Description]
http://newslink.org/
21. Newsmap
Takes the news stream from the Google News aggregator and redisplays to visually reflect patterns and connections.[Full Description]
http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/index.cfm
22. Newspapers in Latin America
Guide to online newspapers compiled by LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center.[Full Description]
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/
24. NPR: National Public Radio
Network of non-profit radio stations in the United States. Includes links to sites of local stations, current coverage from NPR news, and audio archives of news news public affairs, cultural and entertainment programming.[Full Description]
http://www.npr.org/
25. Pacific News Service
San Francisco based news service with a California emphasis but a global scope. Current news is supplemented with archived "classics" going back to mid 1990s. Tries to reflect diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, religion and age[Full Description]
http://www.pacificnews.org/
Library has weekly news releases in paper, 1990-95
26. San Diego Union Tribune [UCSD Only]
1984-present. Full text (but no images) of the Union-Tribune, and before the 1990 merger, of the separate San Diego Union and Evening Tribune. For page images, microfilm is available.[Full Description]
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=SDUB
See location of microfilm
Alternative: search in LexisNexis Academic
Alternative: visit the Union-Tribune's website
27. Sigalert.Com (Traffic Reports)
Current reports on traffic conditions on major roads and highways in larger cities in northern and southern California, smaller California cities, and Phoenix, Arizona.[Full Description]
http://sigalert.com
28. SourceWatch
A collaborative project building a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts working to influence public opinion and policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests. [Full Description]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SourceWatch
About Sourcewatch
Sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy
29. Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 (London Times) [UCSD Only]
Searchable full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images. Does not include the Sunday Times or supplements. [Full Description]
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucsandiego?db=TTDA
30. UCSD Master Calendar of Events
The site provides a summary of UCSD campus activities including detailed events Calendar, upcoming highlights, automatic events notification services and much more.[Full Description]
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/calendar/
Main UCSD News site
31. VOANews.com
Voice of America broadcasts to the world. Browse or search and listen to reports in 59 languages (from Amharic to Uzbek) as well as 4 levels of English.[Full Description]
http://voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
33. War With Iraq
A collection of news sites as well as background information, pertinent government documents and perspective from both sides of the issue.[Full Description]
http://govinfo.ucsd.edu/iraq/index.htm

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