American: National and Local
LOCAL News Sources and Information |
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
LOCAL Newspapers |
Rhode Island and nearby Southern New England

National News Sources |

Other Online and Internet News Sources,
News Wire Services
Online News Sources |

Online News Media |

News Museums |
Alternative News Sources |

Databases

Subscription Databases:
News and Journal Articles from Subscription Databases, Electronic Resources
The library subscribes to databases that will lead the user to journals, magazines and news sources from the business world.

EBSCO
Click on the EBSCO logo link:

General/Scholarly Database
Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Age, The Australian, The Toronto Star, The Irish Times and others. The database also contains selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, Providence Journal, San Jose Mercury News, etc. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), etc. [07/08]

Ebscohost has numerous databases which may be helpful for searching Criminal Justice and other related topics, sources such as Health databases or Business resources.
Ask a Librarian for help to show you how.

To see which journals the library has access to electronically, go to:
EBSCO A-to-Z Full-Text E-Journal List [07.12]

For a listing of print journals available in the library:
Periodical Holding List [02/10]

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Special note:

New York Times online is now available from EBSCOhost. (1985 - present)

American National News Sources (a small selection)

AJC: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
URL: http://www.ajc.com/
Atlanta, Georgia news. [04/10]
Boston Globe
URL: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/
Boston, Massachusetts news. [04/10]
Chicago Sun-Times
URL: http://www.suntimes.com/index.html
Chicago, Illinois news. [04/10]
Chicago Tribune
URL: http://www.chicagotribune.com/
Chicago, Illinois news. [04/10]
Christian Science Monitor
URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/
Christian Scienc Monitor is only online. Boston, Massachusetts. [04/10]
Denver Post
URL: http://www.denverpost.com/
Denver, Colorado. [04/10]
Detroit News
URL: http://www.detnews.com/
Detroit, Michigan. [04/10]
Hartford Courant
URL: http://www.courant.com/
Hartfor, Connecticut. [04/10]
Houston Chronicle
URL: http://www.chron.com/
Houston, Texas. [04/10]
Miami Herald
URL: http://www.miamiherald.com/
Miami, Florida. [04/10]
Los Angeles Times
URL: http://www.latimes.com/
Los Angeles, California. [04/10]
New York Times
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/
Check the subscription databases for current online full-text availabilty. [04/10]
Philadelphia Inquirer
URL: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [04/10]
Providence Journal (daily)
Currently available full text from 1997 > present from EBSCO. See the Reference Librarian for up to date accessiblility information. [04/10]
San Francisco Chronicle
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
San Francisco, California. [04/10]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
URL: http://www.stltoday.com/
St. Louis, Missouri. [04/10]
Stars and Stripes
URL: http://www.stripes.com/
"Stars and Stripes is a Department of Defense-authorized daily newspaper distributed overseas for the U.S. military community." [04/10]
USA Today [04/10]
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/
Wall Street Journal
URL: http://online.wsj.com/public/us
Primarily a business focus on news. [04/10]
Washington Post
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Washington DC. [04/10]

American: Local News Sources and Information (RI, MA, CT)

Rhode Island [RI] [04/10]
50states.com: Rhode Island
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/rdisl.htm
Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau [10/06]
URL: http://www.goprovidence.com/
Hotels, things to do, restaurant guides, more.
Quahog.org: the definitive Rhode Island road trip
URL: http://www.quahog.org/
What to dos, interesting facts and trivia about Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles
URL: http://www.dmv.ri.gov
License and registration forms and information.
Rhode Island Monthly
URL: http://www.rimonthly.com/
Visit Rhode Island
URL: http://www.visitri.com/
Attractions, lodgings, foods, more.

New England (inclusive)
Visit New England
URL: http://www.visitnewengland.com/
Attractions, lodgings, foods, more. [04/10]

Connecticut [CT] [04/10]
50states.com: Connecticut
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/conn.htm
Connecticut City and Town Information
URL: http://www.citytown.info/Connecticut.htm
Lists of cities and towns, links to information.
Connecticut Radio Stations AM & FM
URL: http://www.connquest.com/connecticut/todo/radio.htm
Connecticut Newspapers
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/conn.htm
Connecticut TV Stations
URL: http://www.newslink.org/cttele.html
CT.gov: About Connecticut
URL: http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=843&q=246434
Includesa brief history, state symbols, famous people, inventions, tourism, the land, government, economy, holidays, and description.
CT.gov: Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
URL: http://www.ct.gov/dmv/site/default.asp
License, registration and all other vehicle information. Commercial info, too.
Find It! Connecticut
URL: http://www.findit.com/state.asp?stateid=2772
Information on selective areas of the state.
Visit Connecticut
URL: http://www.visitconnecticut.com/
Travel attractions, special events for CT and the rest of New England.

Massachusetts [MA] [04/10]
50states.com: Massachusetts
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/mass.htm
Find It! Massachusetts
URL: http://www.findit.com/state.asp?stateID=2790
Information on selective areas of the state.
Mass.gov:Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
URL: http://www.mass.gov/rmv
Information needed regarding licensing and registering vehicles, and online transaction access.
Massachusetts Radio Stations
URL: http://www.gebbieinc.com/radio/ma.htm
Massachusetts TV stations
URL: http://www.usnewslinks.com/tvstations/ma.html

American: Local Newspapers (RI, MA, CT)

Rhode Island [RI] Newspapers [04/10]
Block Island Times
URL: http://www.blockislandtimes.com/
The Call (daily, see The Woonsocket Call)
The Chariho Times
URL: http://charihotimes.com/
The Coventry Courier
URL: http://www.coventrycourier.com/
Cranston Herald
URL: http://www.cranstononline.com/
EastBayRI.com
URL: http://www.eastbayri.com/
Includes Barrington Times, Bristol Phoenix, East Providence Post, Newport This Week, Sakonnet Times, Seekonk Star, Swansea News, Warren Times, Westport Shorelines.
East Greenwich Pendulum
URL: http://eastgreenwichpendulum.com/
Kent County Daily Times
URL: http://kentcountytimes.com/
Narragansett Times
URL: http://www.narragansetttimes.com/
Newport Daily News
URL: http://www.newportdailynews.com/
Pawtucket Times
URL: http://www.pawtuckettimes.com/
Providence Business News
URL: http://www.pbn.com/
Providence Journal (largest, oldest daily local paper)
URL: http://www.projo.com
Currently available full text from 1997 > present from EBSCO. (one week embargo. Print copies -- about past 3 months --are available in the library.) To obtain articles pre 1997, see the Reference Librarian. [02/07]
Providence Phoenix
URL: http://thephoenix.com/providence/
Providence Visitor (Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, see Rhode Island Catholic)
Rhode Island Catholic (Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, formerly Providence Visitor)
The Standard-Times (North Kingstown)
URL: http://www.ricentral.com/
Warwick Beacon
URL: http://www.warwickonline.com/
The Westerly Sun
URL: http://www.thewesterlysun.com
The Woonsocket Call (daily, aka The Call)
URL: http://www.woonsocketcall.com/

Connecticut [CT] Newspapers [04/10]
See:
50states.com: Connecticut
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/conn.htm

Massachusetts [MA] Newspapers[04/10]
See:
50states.com: Massachusetts
URL: http://www.50states.com/news/mass.htm

Arabic and Middle East, and surrounding area News Sources

For major listing of MidEast news sources: [04/10]
Middle East Newspapers and News Sources
URL: http://www.world-newspapers.com/east.html

Some listings: [04/10]
Al Jazeera in English
URL: http://english.aljazeera.net/ (in English)
Al Hayat
URL: http://www.daralhayat.com/morenews/english/ (in English)
Al Bawaba
URL: http://www.albawaba.com/
Middle East News Information
Arab World News
URL: http://arabworldnews.com/
Dawn
URL: http://www.dawn.com
Karachi, Pakistan
Gulf News
URL: http://gulfnews.com/
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ha'aretz
URL: http://www.haaretz.com/
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hurriet Daily News and Economic Review
URL: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/
Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey
Jang Group Online Editions
URL: http://www.jang.com.pk/
Largest English and Urdu Newspaper publication Group of Pakistan.
Jerusalem Post
URL: http://www.jpost.com/
Jerusalem, Israel and Palestine
Middle East Daily
URL: http://middleeastdaily.com/
World News.com
My Afghan News
URL: http://www.myafghan.com/
Afghanistan. [04/10]
Naharnet
URL: http://web.naharnet.com
Beirut, Lebanon
News International
URL: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/
Aka Jang Group. Pakistan.

International News Sources
(other than Arabic, Middle East areas -- individual areas and/or countries)

Specific Newspapers [all -04/10]
(Newspapers may be available in English or the native language. Look for the online translation to English or use an Online Translator.)

Athens News
URL: http://www.athensnews.gr/
Greece
Deutsche Welle
URL: http://www.dw-world.de/english/
Germany. aka DW.
Die Welt
URL: http://www.welt.de/
Germany, in German.
El País
URL: http://www.elpais.com/global/
Madrid, Spain – in Spanish
The Gazette
URL: http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Aka the Montreal Gazette. Montréal, Québec, Canada
Guardian Unlimited
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
United Kingdom
Hong Kong Standard
URL: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/
aka The Standard: China's Business Newspaper; Hong Kong, China.
Independent
URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/
United Kingdom
International Herald Tribune
URL: http://global.nytimes.com/
Global edition of the New York Times.
Irish Times
URL: http://www.irishtimes.com/
Dublin, Ireland
Japan Times
URL: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Tokyo, Japan
Kashmir Times
URL: http://www.kashmirtimes.com/
Jammu & Kashmir, India
La Reppublica
URL: http://www.repubblica.it/
Rome, Italy – in Italian
Le Figaro
URL: http://www.lefigaro.fr/
France – in French
Le Monde
URL: http://www.lemonde.fr/
France– in French
Le Monde Diplomatique
URL: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/
France – in French
London Evening Standard
URL: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/
aka Evening Standard. London, England
L'Osservatore Romano
URL: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/or/or_eng/index.html
URL: Vatican City
Montréal Gazette
URL: http://www.montrealgazette.com/
Aka the Gazette. Montréal, Québec, Canada
Moscow Times
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
Moscow, Russia
News.com.au
URL: http://www.news.com.au/
Australia
Ottawa Sun
URL: http://www.ottawasun.com/
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Público
URL: http://www.publico.pt/
Lisbon, Portugal – in Portuguese
Russia News Service
URL: http://www.einnews.com/russia/
Russia
The Standard
URL: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/
aka Hong Kong Standard. China's Business Newspaper. (Hong Kong, China)
Star
URL: http://www.thestar.com/
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, aka Toronto Star
The Statesman: because we are different
URL: http://www.thestatesman.net/
Calcutta, India
Sydney Morning Herald
URL: http://www.smh.com.au/
Sydney, Australia
Times
URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
London, England
Times of India
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
New Delhi, Delhi, India

World Press: Digests of News From Around the World [04/10]

The Atlantic: International
URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/
BBC World Service
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
Middle East Web Gateway
URL: http://www.mideastweb.org
NewsTrove
No longer available.
OneWorld.net (beyond your own borders)
URL: http://us.oneworld.net/
WorldNetDaily
URL: http://www.wnd.com/
World News
URL: http://wn.com/
WorldPress.org
URL: http://www.worldpress.org/

Online News Resources

Find news and newspapers
News and Newspapers Online
URL: http://library.uncg.edu/news/
Listings of news sources from around the country & the world. Maintained by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. [04/10]
News is free
URL: http://www.newsisfree.com/
Interactive news maps, mobile alerts, search many news sources. [04/10]
NewsBlip
No longer available. [04/10]
NewsDirectory.com
No longer available. [04/10]
NewsLink
URL: http://newslink.org
Searchable database by subjects, city, or country. [04/10]
NewspaperIndex
URL: http://www.newspaperindex.com/
Newspapers and front pages of news sources. [04/10]
NewsTrove
No longer available. [04/10]
Online Newspapers.com [04/10]
URL: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
PR Newswire: News and Information
URL: http://www.prnewswire.com
A variety of news sources listed by continent and country. [04/10]
U.S. Newspaper List
URL: http://www.usnpl.com/
Links to newspaper sites by state. Africa, Canada, too. [04/10]
World-Newspapers.com
URL: http://www.world-newspapers.com/
English-language newspapers and magazines from around the world. [04/10]

Online News Sources (the very short list)
msnbc.com
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
cnn.com
URL: http://www.cnn.com/
Yahoo! News
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/
Headlines from major news providers from around the world. [04/10]

Online News Media

ABC News
URL: http://abcnews.go.com
American Broadcasting Company. [04/10]
Associated Press
URL: http://www.ap.org/
Global news source for newspapers, media. [04/10]
BBC
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
British Broadcasting Company. [04/10]
CBC
URL: http://www.cbc.ca
Canadian Broadcasting Company. [04/10]
CBS News [04/10]
URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/
CNN [04/10]
URL: http://www.cnn.com/
Fox News [04/10]
URL: http://www.foxnews.com
MediaChannel.org
URL: http://mediachannel.org/
Nonprofit public interest Website dedicated to global media issues. [04/10]
MSNBC [04/10]
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
National Public Radio [04/10]
URL: http://www.npr.org
PBS Online
URL:http://www.pbs.org/
Includes indepth reports, Frontline and background information from PBS documentaries. [04/10]
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [04/10]
URL: http://www.rferl.org/
Reuters [04/10]
URL: http://www.reuters.com/
Voice of America News [04/10]
URL: http://www.voanews.com/

Library Resources (books, periodicals, media):

Alternative News Sources

Alternative News Sources from world-newspapers.com
URL: http://www.world-newspapers.com/alternative-news.html
Listing. [04/10]
Alternativenews.net
URL: http://www.alternativenews.net/
Listing by topic. [04/10]
Daily Kos
URL: http://www.dailykos.com/
a progresssive community blog. [04/10]
Drudge Report
URL: http://www.drudgereport.com/
Besides offering up links to "firsts" and alternative news reports, there are links to individual commonly known reporters, traditional news media and not so well-known news sources. [04/10]
Journalism.net: alternative news sources
URL: http://www.peoplesearchpro.com/journalism/alternate/
Listing. [04/10]

News Museums

Newseum
URL: http://www.newseum.org/
Interactive museum of news includes daily front pages of U.S. and world newspapers with links to their websites, online photographic and video exhibits. [04/10]