Databases - News Sources ...

Access World News  (Newsbank)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Coverage: Varies by news source and newspaper.

America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876  (Newsbank)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 700 historical American newspapers. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham´s " History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820" and other authoritative bibliographies. Includes coverage of the Newport Gazette, 1777; Newport Herald, 1787-1791; and Newport Mercury1758-1886; as well as newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia.

Chronicle of Higher Education
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Username and password available at the Reference Desk (401-341-2289).
Published weekly, The Chronicle is the No. 1 news source for college and university faculty members and administrators." --The Chroncicle

Historical New York Times Access  (ProQuest)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Newspaper coverage dating back to the first issue in 1851, is available. Current years (latest 10 years are covered in Lexis-Nexis). Each issue of every newspaper is indexed so that finding articles on the editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people, arts, sports, business, and popular culturecan be easily found.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Academic Universe from Lexis-Nexis is a news, law, and business information service. Includes up to date news; company and industry news from newspapers, trade journals, and other periodicals; company financial information from Disclosure, Standard & Poor's, and Hoover's; archival SEC filings; and accounting, auditing, and tax literature. All sources are full-text. Updated daily.

Newport Daily News  (Newsbank)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

The Newport Daily News, established in 1846, covers the people and events of Newport, RI.
Coverage: May 14, 2001 - present.

America's Historical Newspapers contains: Newport Gazette, 1777; Newport Herald, 1787-1791; and Newport Mercury, 1758-1866.

Newspaper Abstracts  (FirstSearch)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Newspaper abstracts from over 25 newspapers.

Newspapers - Selected Direct Links
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Links to the homepages of selected e-Newspapers including local papers.

Newspapers of the World
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Gives access to hundreds of newspapers and news magazines from all continents. Newspapers may be selected by country or by title.

Providence Journal  (ProQuest)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Daily newspaper from Providence, Rhode Island. Coverage: 1988-current

Wall Street Journal  (ProQuest)
On Campus  |  Off Campus

Eastern edition ( 1984 - current )