News Sources
News outlets of all kinds can be incredibly useful for academic research. Though these ‘non scholarly’ sources might not have the type of theory and in-depth research found in peer-reviewed articles, news media can give you an insight into public dialogue about an issue as well as data about when certain things happened.
Market researchers might find company information and market context, sociologists might find evidence of culture, and media researchers and historians can find out how different locations and organisations report on the same event. It can be incredibly interesting to see how an issue or event was discussed at the time it happened: was it front page news? What kinds of words or phrases were used? What kinds of advertisements ran next to it?
If you are thinking of researching your topic in the news, here are a few places to start:
Databases for News
Newspapers can be useful as both primary and secondary sources of information. As well as providing commentary on events, such as high profile legal cases, newspaper articles can provide insight on how an event or incident was reported in the media.
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format.
In addition to giving access to national and regional UK newspapers like The Sunderland Echo, The Newcastle Chronicle, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Financial Times and The Independent – it offers access to international newspaper titles like The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Bangkok Post, South China Morning Post, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the Jerusalem Post.
You’ll also find some video and audio news coverage. Newsstream means no more paywalls or individual subscriptions for you, and new content should be added on a daily basis.