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Chronicle of Higher Education
The number one news source for higher education. (Full-text)
Houston Chronicle Archives
Searchable database covering 1985 to the present. Does not allow emailing articles. (Full-text)
Houston Press
Archives for this Houston area news and enterntainment weekly are searchable and date back to 1993. (Full-text)
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
A comprehensive database covering cultural and social life across many cultures worldwide. Over 120 English-language newspapers, including: Houston Chronicle (1/96- ), Austin American Statesman (1/96- ), Christian Science Monitor (1/96- ), San Francisco Chronicle (1/96-), N.Y. Times (1/00-). (Full-text)
InfoTrac Environmental Studies & Policies Collection
A collection of nearly 200 journals covering environmental issues and policies. (Some full-text)
InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
InfoTrac Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection
Nearly 500 journals provide coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the field. (Some full-text)
InfoTrac War & Terrorism Collection
Coverage includes history, social science and current events. (Some full-text)
Newspaper Source
Regional U.S.and international newspapers and news wire services. (Some full-text)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Draws on the Opposing Viewpoints social issues series, as well as core reference content from other sources, plus viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. (Full-text)
ProQuest National Newspaper Abstracts
Contains current abstracts for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and USA Today. (No full-text)
SIRS Knowledge Source
A suite of databases providing access to periodical articles, reference materials, pictures, government documents, and selected Internet sites, related to a wide range of topics. (Full-text)
Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
News & Current Events Research
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
(Some full text)
Academic Search Complete
Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)
General Reference Center Gold
A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)
InfoTrac OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
JSTOR
Includes articles from over 300 research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)
ProQuest Direct
A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)
Wilson OmniFile
A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

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