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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.

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1 Bodleian Social Science Library Hilary Term, 2011 Graduate search clinics Newspapers and analysis: tools for researching global affairs Mark Janes, Social Sciences Subject Consultant

2 News and Analysis Overview News databases Historical newspapers Non-Western sources New/multi media Databases for analysis/reports

3 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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10 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

11 News databases

12 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

13 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

14 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

15 New media http://web.archive.org/

16 News video archives

17 New media

18 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

19 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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