LibGuides: Types of Sources Tutorial: Newspapers

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About Newspapers

In this tutorial, you will learn:

what type of information newspapers excel at
where you can find newspaper articles
when it would be appropriate for you to use newspaper articles in your research

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Pennlive - The Patriot News
Current, local news. Free access with your Central Penn email.
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Register at https://www.pennlive.com/digitalsubscription/centralpennstudent/ or https://www.pennlive.com/digitalsubscription/centralpennfaculty/
Cumberlink - The Sentinel Current, local news
Today's Front Pages
Images of front pages from over 800 newspapers from around the world

EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window EBSCOhost Web is our most powerful periodicals database, offering the most full text access to scholarly journals, magazines, news articles and e-books.
Collections include: Academic Search Premier; Audiobook Collection; Business Source Premier; CINAHL with Full Text; Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text; eBook Collection; ERIC; GreenFILE; Health Source - Consumer Edition; Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; MasterFILE Premier; MEDLINE; Military & Government Collection; Newspaper Source; Professional Development Collection; Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection; Regional Business News; Religion and Philosophy Collection; Vocational and Career Collection
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window This collection of databases contains extensive coverage in business, physical sciences, information science and technology, medicine, terrorism, criminal justice and much more.
Collections within Academic OneFile: Agriculture Collection; Business Economics and Theory; Communications and Mass Media Collection; Computer Database; Criminal Justice Collection; Diversity Studies Collection; Educators 200 Collection; Environmental Studies and Policy Collection; Fine Arts and Music Collection; Gardening, Landscape & Horticulture Collection; Gender Studies Collection; General Science Collection; Health Reference Center Academic; Home Improvement Collection; Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection; Information Science and Library Issues Collection; Insurance and Liability Collection; Military and Intelligence Database; Nursing and Allied Health Collection; Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection; Pop Culture Collection; Psychology Collection; Religion and Philosophy Collection; Small Business Collection; U. S. History Collection; Vocations and Careers Collection; War and Terrorism Collection; World History Collection; Business Collection
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window This database provides viewpoint essays, reference sources, statistics, magazine and newspaper articles, primary documents and recommended websites and images to present various sides of an issue.
Business Insights This link opens in a new window Your business intelligence resource containing case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals, and other material organized by country, company and industry.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window The Chronicle provides News, Opinions, Reviews, and Information in the area of higher education.