COVID-19 Campus Closures
Northeastern's research librarians have been asked to work remotely due to COVID-19. But you can still get help with your research! I'm available for online and phone consultations during my regular office hours; just schedule an appointment as usual using the buttons on this page. You can also reach the reference desk by text at 617-934-7876, by email, or via our QuestionPoint 24/7 chat service.
The Boston Globe
Boston Globe Subscriptions from Proquest
Access restricted to NU only.
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Boston Globe through Proquest NewsstandText only. Includes full text of the Boston Globe current issue and backfiles to 1997.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Boston Globe (1872-1982)This version is fully digitized. PDF article and page view.
News in the News
August 26, 2020
Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor, and the arbitrariness of the police-shooting news cycle
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review
"The reasons some of these cases get more coverage than others—stereotypes around what makes a 'sympathetic' victim, whether there’s a video, what else is going on in the news that day—are numerous and well-known, and the resulting disparities are, ultimately, arbitrary. Still, it’s striking that even sustained national attention to police brutality against Black people isn’t enough to ensure sweeping change in American policy or practice. A functioning government and media should be able to juggle numerous urgent priorities at once—after all, that’s the reality we’re in. The longer our institutions fumble, the more Black people will die.'"
Key Resources
Access to these resources is restricted to NU students, faculty and staff. If you are accessing these resources from off campus, you will be asked to sign in with your MyNEU credentials.
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Communications and Mass Media CompleteProvides quality research in areas related to communication and mass media. This database includes full text for 326 journals.
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PressReaderPressReader provides online access to today's newspapers and magazines from over 100 countries around the world in over 60 languages in a full-color, full page format. Users can browse by newspaper, country, title, language and date. PressReader is also available as a mobile app for Apple, Android and Microsoft devices. Sign up with your Northeastern email address for full subscription access.
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Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic)Provides up-to-date news, business and legal information from newspapers, periodicals, public records, and legal documents, often within 24 hours of publication, and in some cases going back 20 years. Most documents are available in full text.
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FactivaIncludes access to the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and hundreds of other international newspapers. Access limited to 5 simultaneous users.
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Academic Search CompleteMultidiscplinary database. Provides some full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
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Meet the PressMeet the Press from Alexander Street opens up a wealth of information to libraries by making over 1,500 hours of footage—the full surviving broadcast run to date—available online in one cross-searchable interface.
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Sage Premier Journals OnlineIncludes the full text of 555 journals, 1999 to current, many of them related to communication and media studies.
Your Librarian
Need help with your research?
Email me: b.williams@northeastern.edu
If you need immediate help, please chat with a librarian.
What I can do in a consultation:
- Help you find sources for your project
- Help you brainstorm research strategies
- Help you set up a citation manager
- Help you access online materials
- Help you request items through Interlibrary Loan
What I can't do in a consultation:
- Proofread your paper (visit the Writing Center!)
- Help you choose a topic or verify that your topic is "good" (talk to your instructor!)
- Find sources for you (that's your job!)
Bottom line: while I am here to support your research process and help you navigate the library, I am not a substitute for your instructor. Questions about assignment requirements, grading, acceptable sources, acceptable topics and deadlines should be directed to your professor or TA.