Research Databases: News

Most Useful:

• Houston Chronicle  
  (Infotrac) Citations only: January 1, 1996 -  April 25, 2012  
• Houston Chronicle - free web
  (Hearst Communications Inc.) Access the electronic copy of today's Houston Chronicle  
• InfoTrac Newsstand
  (Thomson Gale) Full-text articles of over 1000 newspapers from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
• NBC Learn Higher Ed (LSCS Libraries)
  (NBC) Access over 10,000 video clips from current events to newsreels dating back to the 1920s from celebrated NBC news programs. 
• New York Times (LSCS Libraries)
  (ProQuest) Provides full-text coverage from June 1, 1980 to the present.
• Newspaper Source
  (EBSCO) Selected full-text from 30 US national and international newspapers and 200 regional papers, plus TV & radio news transcripts.
• ProQuest Newspapers (LSCS Libraries)
  (ProQuest) Full text of Christian Science Monitor, NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post.
• Wall Street Journal (LSCS Libraries)
  (ProQuest) Provides full-text coverage from January 2, 1984 to the present.

Also Try:

• Access Newspaper Archive (LSC-CyFair - Barker Cypress and Fairbanks Center) - NOTE: on-campus use only
  (NewspaperARCHIVE.com) "View, save and print full-page newspaper pages dating from 1700 to 2006" from over 4000 newspaper titles.
  Note: If using the Google Chrome web browser, follow the instructions from Adobe to see articles correctly rendered.
• America's Historical Newspapers - 1690-2000 (LSCS Libraries)
  (Newsbank) Browse hundreds of U.S. newspapers published from 1690 through 2000.
• Chronicle of Higher Education Online (LSCS Libraries)
  (Chronicle) Leading source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
• Country Information Sites – free web
  
  • Country Information (Google Custom Search)
  • Country Profile (BBC News)
  • The World Factbook (CIA)
  • Countries of the World (InfoPlease)
• CountryWatch (LSC-North Harris only)
  (CountryWatch, Inc.) Provides news, geographical, political, economic, and cultural information and maps on each of the 194 countries of the world.
• CQ Researcher (LSCS Libraries)
  (CQ Press) Full-text, balanced, comprehensive journalistic reports and analysis of current and controversial issues of the day.
• Los Angeles Times (LSCS Libraries)
  (ProQuest) Provides full-text coverage to the Los Angeles Times from 1985 to present.
• Morningstar Mutual Funds Online (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL) - NOTE: 5 simultaneous user limit
  (Morningstar, Inc.) Mutual funds investment information; information on stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. A searchable database.
• Regional Business News
  (EBSCO) Full text from business newspapers, magazines, and newswires throughout the United States.
• Westlaw Campus Research (LSCS Libraries)
  (Thomson West) Find state & federal cases, federal laws, business and current events periodicals, company reports, and television broadcast transcripts.