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Digital Newspaper Subscriptions
- Financial TimesLondon-based and international in scope, with extensive business, marketing, economic, political, news and trends worldwide. Also hosts subject-focused newsletters, podcasts, and live conferences. Access to the Financial Times requires registration with a Northeastern or NU London email address.
- New York Times via NYTimes.com This link opens in a new windowNortheastern offers current and archival access to the New York Times. Please use the link above to register with a Northeastern email address. Once registered, users can log in directly at https://www.nytimes.com or use the New York Times app on a smartphone or device. Our subscription does not include access to the Cooking, Games, or Athletic sections of nytimes.com.
- Nikkei Asia This link opens in a new windowCoverage of Asia's economic, political, business and technology news in English. Established with a goal to change the way the Asia is covered internationally and to enhance the world’s understanding of pan-Asian affairs.
Also includes data on financial markets and top companies in the region.
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowLeading economic, business, finance, and political news, information, commentary and analysis. For historic WSJ content dating back to 1985, please use Factiva (Opens in new window). Individual registration using a Northeastern email address is required.
- Washington PostWashington D.C.'s newspaper, with coverage of the city and region, national events, and coverage of federal government "inside-the-beltway" news. For off-campus access, please create an account and then follow these instructions (Opens in new window) to link our university subscription. Once registered, users can log in directly at www.washingtonpost.com.
More Digital News Platforms
- AtlanticThe Atlantic covers a broad range of topics including politics, society, the arts, and culture. The site includes content from 1857 to the present and includes audio, video and podcast extras.
- Bloomberg.comBloomberg.com provides news and media content. It includes Bloomberg news articles, live streaming of Bloomberg TV, radio, podcasts, and narrated articles, and subscriber-only content and newsletters. Account creation with a Northeastern email address is required for this resource.
- E&E News (Politico Pro) This link opens in a new windowUp-to-date news on energy and the environment. Includes EnergyWire, ClimateWire, GreenWire, E&E Daily, and E&E News.
- Economist This link opens in a new windowWeekly international news and business publication. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
- Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new windowFeatures articles and current news covering the political, historical and economic impacts of American foreign policy and global affairs; includes the full archive of Foreign Affairs Magazine 1922-present plus online-only content. Published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
- Foreign Policy This link opens in a new windowGlobal news magazine providing insights and analysis as well as original reporting.
- Project Syndicate This link opens in a new windowA unique source of opinion pages from news outlets around the world. Good for debate and argument essays or to research a range of views on current events.
- InsideEPA.com This link opens in a new windowInsideEPA.com provides news and 10 environmental newsletters: Inside EPA Weekly Report, Climate Extra, Inside PFAS Policy, Inside TSCA, Superfund Report, Clean Air Report, Water Policy Report, Inside Cal/EPA, Risk Policy Report and Environmental Policy Alert.
Articles by Topic
Although these search tools are multidisciplinary, check the other tabs on this page for additional, specialized search tools in a variety of other subject areas.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of international affairs and public policy. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles across the disciplines: social sciences, the humanities, and sciences and technology. The collection now includes books and book chapters.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to selected journal titles in the social sciences and digital humanities. From 1995 to the present (dates covered in individual titles may vary). An ebook collection from Project Muse is also available; titles are included in the library catalog, Scholar One.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowScholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
- Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowUse for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors. LInks to full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
Related Research Guides include: Political Science and Federal Government.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of international affairs and public policy. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles across the disciplines: social sciences, the humanities, and sciences and technology. The collection now includes books and book chapters.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, including religion, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, women's studies, film and the arts.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowIncludes the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Ap
Related Research Guides include Legal Research, Federal Government, and specialized subject guides from the NU School of Law Library.
Please note that a number of Law Library databases, including Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis are available only to Law School affiliates.
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowSearch federal and state court cases, statutes and codes as well as European Union laws and regulations. Secondary sources include the American Law Reports and the American Jurisprudence encyclopedia, law reviews, journals, and newspapers.
- Tutorials: Find cases and articles in Westlaw (video) or see a PDF version
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowRich historical collections of legal materials and government publications, U.S. and international. Also, contemporary materials.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThe JSTOR scholarly article archive contains over 130 law journals. Like HeinOnline, useful for some classic law articles.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Business Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information, the majority in full text. Useful for materials on globalization and development.
- EconLit (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts to scholarly and professional literature in economics. 1969 to present. Links to full text.
Useful for political economy, public finance, and budgetary policy as well as materials on development and globalization. - Emerald Fulltext This link opens in a new windowScholarly research journals in social sciences including business, information science, management, marketing, economics, information technology, and more.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowIncludes the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Applied Social Sciences Abstracts and Index, and a number of full-text journal collections. Resources may be searched individually or as a group.
- Compendex & INSPEC This link opens in a new windowCovers all engineering disciplines. Coverage of both environmental and policy issues. May be searched in conjunction with Inspec, a computer sciences database.
- ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to most periodicals and conference proceedings from a leading computer engineering society. Covers 1985 to the present, including proceedings and publications of affiliated societies.
- IEEEXplore (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) This link opens in a new windowAccess to citations and full text from IEEE journals, conference proceedings, and standards. Includes IEEE Spectrum Magazine, the Now Publishers Foundations and Trends Technology eBooks Engineering and Energy Library.
Related Research Guides include Criminal Justice, Legal Studies, Sociology, and Federal Government.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information. Covers criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections; police and policing; forensic sciences; history of crime; substance abuse; probation and parole. Links to full text.
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new windowFrom the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. HSDL is a collection of policy and strategy papers published by government agencies and other organizations.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowCombined search of multiple databases; includes coverage of criminology and criminal justice as well as politics, policy, sociology, education, and social services.
Related Research Guides include: Education, Public Health, Human Services, and Sociology.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of international affairs, political science, public policy, and public administration. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
- CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage of nursing and 17 allied health professions with some materials dating back to 1937. Both scholarly and professional association resources are covered with links to full-text where available.
- Education Research Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed journals in education, most with full text. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations to education information, including scholarly articles, professional literature, education dissertations, and books, plus grey literature such as curriculum guides, conference proceedings, government publications, and white papers. Links to full text. 1966 to the present.
See our education research guide for a search box to combine ERIC with PsycInfo and Education Research Complete. - PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAmerican Psychological Associations flagship PsycINFO database includes citations and abstracts of peer reviewed articles, books, and dissertations. Coverage from 1888 to the present. Full text links for Northeastern-subscribed materials.
- PubMed (NU customized) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive source of journal literature in the life sciences and biomedicine from the National Library of Medicine. Includes selected full text from PubMed Central, and NCBI Bookshelf. PubMed is a free web resource, however this version contains links to Northeastern-subscribed journals that require a login.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowCombined search of multiple databases, including Sociological Abstracts, ERIC, an Education journal collection, and Social Services Abstracts.
Related Research Guides include: Science (General) and Environmental Research across Disciplines.
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. You will be prompted to choose a location (Boston, Oakland, Global) before you enter your search.
- Compendex This link opens in a new windowComprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database. Citations and abstracts in including peer reviewed journals, professional literature, conference proceedings, book series, dissertations, and trade publications. Links to full text for Northeastern subscribed journals.
- E&E News (Politico Pro) This link opens in a new windowUp-to-date news on energy and the environment. Includes EnergyWire, ClimateWire, GreenWire, E&E Daily, and E&E News.
- GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowMaterials on sustainability and its connection to health, policy, law, and the environment.
- InsideEPA.com This link opens in a new windowInsideEPA.com provides news and 10 environmental newsletters: Inside EPA Weekly Report, Climate Extra, Inside PFAS Policy, Inside TSCA, Superfund Report, Clean Air Report, Water Policy Report, Inside Cal/EPA, Risk Policy Report and Environmental Policy Alert.
- ScienceDirect Books and Journals (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowAccess to Elsevier ebooks and select scholarly journals covering biomedical science and medicine, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychology, social sciences and more.
Please see the Digital Newspaper Subscription opportunities provided at the top of this page! The resources listed below are also excellent news sources.
For a list of all newspapers, both historical and contemporary, please check the News Section of our A-Z Database list.
- Access World News Research Collection (Newsbank) This link opens in a new windowOur largest general news source, with current and complete newspapers, magazines, wire services from around the world. Backfiles sometimes go back to the 1980s. Text only.
- Boston Globe, Current and Historical, 1872-Use for current or historical research (Boston Strangler, Jack the Ripper, Sacco and Vanzetti, etc.)
- Proquest Newsstreams (U.S., Canada, International) This link opens in a new windowLocal, regional and global newspapers, newswires, and blogs. Generally text only.
- Stat+ (Boston Globe Publishing) This link opens in a new windowNews about the biotech, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, and public policy issues and analysis related to the life sciences and health. US focus, but global in scope. Access requires additional registration on the STAT+ site with a Northeastern email address.
- State House News Service This link opens in a new windowSince 1911, the State House News Service in Boston has provided journalists, lobbyists, government officials and other civic and business leaders with high-quality, comprehensive, objective information about the activities of state government year-round.
- Washington Post Archive (1877-2005) (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowText-only online, easily-searchable news and commentary focused on Washington DC, federal government news, and international news.
Browzine
- BrowZine Web Edition This link opens in a new windowBrowZine is software that allows you to browse, read, and monitor many of the library's scholarly journals in a format optimized for your iOS or Android device.