Research Guides: MEERL Program Library Guide : News &amp; Current Events

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Maggie Gordon

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Subjects: Biology, Environmental Studies, Geological Sciences

News & Current Events

Factiva
Provides access to more than 28,000 sources from 157 countries in 23 languages, including more than 600 continuously updated newswires. Contains same-day and archival coverage of key newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Also included: Television and radio transcripts, general business and industry magazines, company reports, and historical market data.

5-user limit
Gale Historical Newspapers
Contains historical newspapers and periodicals from the 17th Century to 2003.

The Marion (Sullivan) Hughes and Justin Sullivan Book Fund and the MacIsaac Memorial Fund
This collection includes the following databases:

Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals, Part 1 and Part 2
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
The Times Digital Archive, 1785 to 2014
PressReader
PressReader gives you same day access to newspapers and magazines from around the world in full colour, full page format and available in over 60 languages. Current with 90 backfile for most titles.

Access to the Globe and Mail is restricted to on-campus only.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This database includes the following newspapers; please click on the desired title: Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) Boston Globe (1872-1927) Calgary Herald (1883-2010) Chicago Defender (1910-1975) Chicago Tribune (1849-1989) Christian Science Monitor (1908-1999) Edmonton Journal (1903-2010) Globe and Mail - Canada's Heritage from 1844 to 4 years ago Hartford Courant (1764-1987) Leader-Post, Regina (1883-2010) Los Angeles Times (1881-1989) Montreal Gazette (1785-2010) New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) New York Times (1851 to four years ago) Ottawa Citizen (1845-2010) The Province (1894-2010) Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (1902-2010) Times Colonist (1884-2010) Toronto Star (1894 to 3 years ago) Vancouver Sun (1912-2010) Wall Street Journal (1889-1996) Washington Post (1877-1996) Windsor Star (1893-2010) Historical Newspapers databases normally add one year of coverage annually.

Omni

Use Omni to search the library's catalogue for books, articles, videos, maps, government documents, music, data sets, open access materials, and more. You can discover materials that are not available at Queen's but that you can freely request either within Omni or through interlibrary loan.

Newspaper Subject Guide

Newspaper Subject Guide