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Key Databases
- Canadian Newsstream
- Full-text (some French)
- Newswires
- Factiva
- Canadian + International
- Full-text (multiple languages)
- Newswires
- Transcripts
- Online User Manual (note: based on our subscription model, individuals are unable to create personal alerts)
- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
- Canadian + International
- Full-text (multiple languages)
- Newswires
- Transcripts
- PressReader
- Full-page digital replicas of print edition (including images, advertisements, etc.)
- 5,000+ international, daily publications in 60+ languages
- Language translation and text-to-voice conversion available
- Up to 90 days in back-issues (depending on title)
- Download to your mobile device using the PressReader app
- Off-campus access through Carleton's Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Canadian
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
- Full-text (some French)
- News Magazines
- Newswires
- Transcripts
- Canadiana
- Books
- Newspapers
- Periodicals
- Images
- Archival Materials
- CPI.Q - Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly
- periodicals and local newspapers
- Canadian + International
- Full-text (English & French)
- Eureka.cc
- Full-text (English & French) + select scanned images
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- Hill Times Online (2002- )
- Canadian politics and the Federal Government
- The Wire Report (2000- )
- Covering the telecom and media sectors
International
- Academic OneFile
- Full-text
- search by publication name
- Alternative Press Index
- Citations + select scanned images
- see also Alternative Press Index Archive
- Argumenty i Fakty
- Russian
- Full-text (in Russian, some English)
- Current Digest of the Post Soviet Press
- Russian
- Full-text (in Russian, some English)
- Independent Voices: An Open Access Collection of an Alternative Press
- Full-page digital replicas
- Current, but emphasis on 1900-1930 & 1960-1980
- International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center (ISCTRC)
- Focus on terrorism and security issues
French Language
Remember to use French keywords
- Canadian Newsstream (French + English resource)
- Isolate language filter to French
- Eureka.cc (French + English resource)
- Adjust 'Canada (ENG+FR)' to 'Canada (FR)'
- Repère
- French-language index to newspapers and other periodicals
- No full-text
Most news databases also include French-language publications, including Factiva, LexisNexis, PressReader, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, etc.
Historical Archives
- African Newspapers
- African
- Full-text (multiple languages)
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog
- Canadian + International
- Archives available through Interlibrary Loans
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- American
- Scanned images
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
- International
- Full-text (media reports - translated to English) in scanned images
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- until 1996 - continued by World News Collection - Archive (until 2013)
- Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844 (1844-2015)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- Guardian (1821-2003)
- British
- Scanned images
- Cross-searches with The Observer (1791-2003)
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
- British
- Scanned Images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Sunday Times, Times Digital Archive, and Times Literary Supplement
- Maclean's (1905-present)
- Various resources
- Start with Periodicals Archive Online 10 for historical content
- Newspapers of the French Revolution 1848
- French-language
- Scanned images
- New York Times Archives (1851-2015)
- American
- Scanned images
- Observer (1791-2003)
- British
- Scanned images
- Cross-searches with The Guardian (1821-2003)
- Ottawa Citizen (1845-2010)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- Sunday Times Digital Archive (1822-2006)
- British
- Scanned Images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Times Digital Archive, Times Literary Supplement, and Illustrated London News
- Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)
- British
- Scanned images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, and Illustrated London News
- Toronto Star: Pages of the Past (1894-2016)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- Wall Street Journal (1889-2002)
- American
- Scanned images
- Washington Post (1877-2002)
- American
- Scanned images
- Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900
- British
- Citations + select scanned images
- World News Connection - Archive
- International
- Full-text (media reports - translated to English)
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- ceased operation in 2013
- continues coverage from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
