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Bodleian Social Science Library Hilary Term, 2011 Graduate search clinics Newspapers and analysis: tools for researching global affairs Mark Janes, Social Sciences Subject Consultant
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News and Analysis Overview News databases Historical newspapers Non-Western sources New/multi media Databases for analysis/reports
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News and Analysis Some uses of news sources for research: Source of factual information especially when official documents are not easily accessible Major event analysis News and political communication/democratic change Media studies: bias, media control, and regulation Zeitgeist and public opinion Newspaper readership and political/class/social status Geographic and historical comparisons Changing news technologies
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News and Analysis
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News databases Factiva 28,000 sources from more than 200 countries Advanced search by source Daily global news pages Source/area/industry search Language support Market data Limited simultaneous users
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News databases
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24,000 news, trade and references sources 163 countries Search by source, topic, country BBC Worldwide Monitoring Company profiles Industry news Biographies UK legal cases
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Historical Newspapers 19 th Century British Library Newspapers Illustrated London News Proquest Historical Newspapers Guardian and The Observer (1791- 2003) Irish Times (1859-2009) New York Times (1851 - 2007) Scotsman (1817-1950) Washington Post (1877 - 1994) Times Digital Archive Economist Archive Financial Times Archive FBIS (1974-1996) Annual Register
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Non-Western resources Nexis UK, Factiva,World News Connection BBC Worldwide Monitoring Foreign Broadcast Information Service EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service) Balkan Insight India: Times of India archive Russia: Pravda archive, Eastview Russian Central Newspapers Japan: Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun China: China Core Newspapers Database (CNKI) China Core Newspapers Database People's Daily 1946-present 人民日报 People's Daily 1946-present PLA Daily 解放军报 PLA Daily WiseSearch (Wisers 慧科 ) WiseSearch
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New media http://web.archive.org/
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News video archives
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New media
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Databases for Analysis Analysis (global affairs) Oxford Analytica (90 day embargo) Country reports (via Business Source Complete) Nexis UK (via Countries) Proquest (ABI/Inform Global) Armed Conflict Database Columbia International Affairs Online
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Databases for analysis (finance) Financial/business news sources FT.com Economist (via ABI/Inform) Economist Archive RGE Monitor ABI/Inform Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) Business Source Complete Factiva Nexis UK
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