Political Science: News Sources
News (Aggregates and Multi-title Databases)
- Newspapers at Miami, Research GuideVisit this Subject Guide for a comprehensive list of Newspapers held by the Miami University Libraries.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowProvides cover-to-cover full text for 25 national and international newspapers, selected articles from over 260 regional U.S. papers, and some television and radio news transcripts, in addition to indexing for a far larger number of papers.
- Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new windowOxford campus users only. Alternative Press Index is a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 700 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Database includes citations of some content that the libraries have not purchased.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowInterdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowMore than 6,000 sources from all over the world, drawn from print, broadcast, and online media.
- Factiva This link opens in a new window(1969 - ) Full-text coverage of the major US and international newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, London Times, etc. It also includes television and radio transcripts, and business and trade journals.
- FBIS Daily Reports (1941-1996) This link opens in a new window(1941 - 1996) Full-text translations of intercepted and clandestine broadcasts from foreign governments and occupied territories, and official news services. Key historical events are accessible directly through predefined, hyperlinked collections.
- Mideastwire This link opens in a new windowA daily email newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.
- All AfricaPosts over 1000 stories daily in English and French and offers a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in a searchable archive (including the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).
Images & Multimedia
- Television News ArchiveRecording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968
- C-span Video ArchiveA complete archive of C-SPAN broadcasts, spanning 1987 to the present day. Users can bookmark, embed, email and share selected videos.
Bias and Balanced News Sources
Bias and fact checking media stories are part of the media landscape. In different ways these sites below try to provide a larger view of the news, Some are free and some are partial free/partial subscription. You may also want to look at the Media Bias Chart. Some of the sources below also have their own media bias chart. All media has perspective, which doesn't necessarily make it false or fake. For a perspective on "objective news" see: Opinion: In journalism, ‘objective’ is a good word with a noble history. But let’s consider ‘distance from neutrality.’ Poytner [Ethics in Journalism Organization]
- All SidesFree. Displays the day’s top news stories from the Left, Center and Right of the political spectrum — side-by-side so you can see the full picture.
- Ground NewsGround News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms.
- NewsGuardNewsGuard is a tool that shows you trust ratings for more than 7,500 news and information websites as you browse the internet. It is installed as a browser extension that works within your internet browser as you search for news and information online.
- News CompareFree. News platform gives Americans a side-by-side comparison of how major news organizations are framing the biggest stories of the day. Archives
Individual Newspapers
- World Newspapers.comLinks to world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region.
- Al Jazeera (English)Al Jazeera English is the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
- National Journal This link opens in a new window(1977 - ) The weekly National Journal is one of the most important sources for coverage and analysis of politics, public policy, and government.
- National Review Archive Publications This link opens in a new window(1955 - ) Provides first hand reports on national, international, and cultural affairs with focus on Washington and other political hot spots.
- Chicago Tribune Historical This link opens in a new window(1849 - 1985) Full-text of every page of every issue, cover to cover, with full-page and article images in PDF format. Includes advertisments, comics and cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc., editorials and commentary, literary criticism and news.
- FBIS Daily Reports (1941-1996) This link opens in a new window(1941 - 1974) Full-text translations of intercepted and clandestine broadcasts from foreign governments and occupied territories, and official news services. Key historical events are accessible directly through predefined, hyperlinked collections.
- Wall Street Journal (Factiva) This link opens in a new window(1979 - ; Full-text 1984 - ) In-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first-rate coverage of hard news.