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AJR NewsLink (Internet)
AJR includes a newspapers section that lists around 5,000 papers which searchable by title or location and also is indexed geographically. In addition the US papers are indexed by state, frequency of publication, and category of publication. There is a section just for campus newspapers - US dailies, non-dailies, and non-US. They also have links to magazines, broadcasters, and news services worldwide. Also has many sources for journalists, including a database of job listings.

Alternative Press Index 1991-present (FirstSearch)
Alternative Press Index Archive 1969-1990 (FirstSearch)
Comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information: international, interdisciplinary and in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
Off-campus use requires password.

Cursor.org (Internet)
A media and politics Web log that comments upon and links to the work of major news organizations, as well as to other critical, independent voices published on the Internet. Cursor contains links to hundreds of magazines, newspapers and stand alone Web sites, with an emphasis on media criticism and media research.

GPO Access (Internet)
A service of the US government, GPO Access disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

New York Times
New York Times Archive
Archive of New York Times articles and multimedia from 1851 to the present. Articles may be purchased directly or requested through CIIS Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Oakland Tribune

Proquest Direct
Provides access to an online interdisciplinary index to over 2000 journals and newspapers, many in full text.
Off-campus use requires password.

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Examiner

The World Factbook (CIA)
Site offers in-depth information for individual countries, covering geography, people, government, and the economy, along with political and physical maps of the countries and of the world.

 
Password: Resources available to current CIIS staff, students and faculty. Enter last name and ID number to access off-campus.

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June 11, 2007