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Newspaper Sources
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowAccess to NYTimes.com, including breaking news, multimedia, international content, reviews, blogs, apps, and more.
To activate a renewable one-year pass, see these instructions. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowThe best resource for both international and local/regional news coverage.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowSearch for specific sources, authors, industries, or regions. Browse recent newspapers by clicking on "News Pages."
- List of JMU Newspaper ResourcesThe A-Z List of resources, filtered by the type "News." These resources give you access to articles from a wide variety of magazines and newspapers.
Non-Print Media
Analyze News Sources
- State of the News MediaFrom Pew Research Center, 2019. Get important context here!
- Television ExplorerFrom the Internet Archive - an interactive timeline visualization that lets you trace how any keyword has been covered on U.S. television news.
- NewsGuardBrowser extension that rates the credibility and transparency of news sites.
- Easy Who IsIs an article or site not listing an author? Unsure about its credibility? Easy Who Is lets you type in any URL and find out who owns it.
Find Information on Politicians
- Almanac of American Politics This link opens in a new windowCongress members' district maps, campaign expenditures, census data, and much more.
- Congress.gov This link opens in a new windowLegislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
- Biography In Context This link opens in a new windowBiographical information on over 480,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Find Info on Journalists and Pundits
- Know your pundit: What you don’t see in politics coverage on TVFrom Columbia Journalism Review, Jan. 2018
- The Most Influential in News MediaFrom Mediaite, Dec. 2019. Browse for ideas, or see if your chosen person made the list!
Fact Checkers
- PolitiFactPulitzer prize-winning fact checker of political news, operated by the Tampa Bay Times.
- FactCheck.orgFrom the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
- Fact CheckerFrom The Washington Post
- SnopesAward-winning independent fact-checking site founded in 1995 by owner/operator and registered independent voter David Mikkelson
Politics in Context
- Pew Research CenterA nonpartisan American "fact tank" that provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends.