Journalism Related Databases
- Annenberg Resource Center Collection
- HOMER
- HELIX, USC Health Sciences Libraries’ catalog
- Advocat, USC Law Library’s online catalog
- Search all USC library catalogs
- WorldCat
Current News
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
- CQ Library
- NewsBank NewsFile Collection
- NewsBank Retrospective (1970-1991)
- Ethnic NewsWatch (1990-)
- World News Connection (1994-present)- translations of international news stories
- Alternative Press Index- indexes 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals from 1991- present
- AccuNet: AP Multimedia Archive
Electronic library containing the AP’s current year’s photo reports and a selection of photos from their 50 million image print and negative library. - ProQuest Latin American Newsstand
Full-text coverage is available for 41 titles from all over Latin America, commencing in most instances with either 2004 or 2005.
Broadcasting News:
- News Transcripts: Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
- Vanderbilt University Television News Archive collection
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
Historical News:
- Early American Newspapers (1690-1876)
- Historical New York Times (1851-2000)
- Historical LA Times (1881-1966)
- Historical Wall Street Journal (1889-1988)
- Historical Newspapers: Washington Post (1877-1990)
- Accessible Archives (18th- & 19th century)
- Historical Newspapers (18th-19th-20th-century Times & NYT’s indexes)
- Harper’s Weekly (1857-1912)
Harper’s Illustratred Weekly in the 19th century and early 20th century - APS Online Via ProQuest (1740-1940)
Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children’s and women’s magazines, and many other historically-significant periodicals - Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Library of Congress
(Full –text, public domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910; and find INFORMATION about American Newspapers published between 1690-present.) - British Newspapers (1800-1900)
- PaperofRecord (1800 and 1900’s)- selective archive of newspapers, mostly Canadian and Mexican
- Facts On File News Archives (1940-)
- Ethnic NewsWatch: a history (1960-1989)
- Black Studies Center
- The Chicago Defender (1912-1975)
- The Daily Defender (1958-1975)
- The Los Angeles Sentinel (1971-2005)
- African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Media Research
For More Resources, please check the library’s Communication Research Guide
General Interests Databases
Gender Studies
- GenderWatch (1970-)
- Ethnic NewsWatch (1990-)
- Ethnic NewsWatch: a history (1960-1989)
- Alternative Press Watch Index (1990-)
- CQ Library- CQ Researcher Online
- PsycInfo
- Contemporary women’s issues
- Everyday life and women in American (1820-19000)
- Women in America (from the Colonial period to the present)
- Women’s studies International
- Viva: a bibliography of women’s history in historical and women’s studies
Evironmental Studies
- Environmental Issues & Policy Index
- Expanded Academic ASAP (1980-)
- MoreResearch guides:
Business Info
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Business News
- Factiva (1975-present) -business news
- ABI/Inform Global (1971-)
- Comsumer’s Index (1986-)
- D&B Million Dollar Database
- Thomas Register (=ThomasNet)
Health research
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Medical News
- Medline via OVID (1966-)
- PsycInfo (1887-)
- PsycArticles (1985-)
- National Library of Medicine
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- More Info from Norris Medical Library
Government Info
- AccessUN (1966-)
- PAIS Archives (1915-1976)
- PAIS International (1972-)
- Policy File
- National Journal Group’s Policy Central
- Census Bureau Homepage
- FedStats – Government Statistics
- Federal Government Agencies Directory
- U.S. Government Info Search
Law research
Social Issues:
- Eric (1966-)
- GenderWatch (1970-)
- Ethnic NewsWatch (1985-)
- CQ Library
- Sociological Abstracts
- Social Science Citation Index
- Social Work Abstracts
- Social Services Abstracts
For More Resources, please check the library’s E-Resources by Subjects