Research guides: Black Studies: News sources

News databases

Use these databases to search for topics in multiple news sources at the same time. Check date coverage information for each database and then for each news source.

Factiva
News, business magazines, trade journals, newsletters, and television and radio transcripts.
Coverage: 1970s - present. Varies by publication
Factiva forbids storing or using search results in research applications such as data mining or trend analysis.
Note: If you are at a public workstation you will be asked for your WatIAM (Quest) User ID and Password.
Nexis Uni
News, legal, and business sources from around the world, Find news, legislation, case law, statutes, company profiles, market & industry reports.
Coverage: 1970s - present
Note: If you are at a public workstation you will be asked for your WatIAM (Quest) User ID and Password.
Gale Academic OneFile: News
Access over 2500 news sources via Gale; mostly from the United States but also Canada, the UK, Australia, and other parts of the world.
Coverage: 1950s - present
PressReader
Access to newspapers and magazines from around the world in full-color, full-page format.
No Proxy/Off campus access to the Globe and Mail via PressReader.
Coverage: Varies
Project Syndicate
"Op-eds" and other media/news stories from around the world. Search by keyword or browse by topic or author.
Coverage: 1990s - present
Some content has been translated into other languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Canadian government news

Blacklock's Reporter
News related to the Canadian federal government. Stories cover bills and regulations, reports, and committees.
Coverage: 2012 - present
Access also includes: Federal Court Watch, Cabinet Watch, Lobby Watch, guest commentaries, and book reviews.

CPAC: Cable Public Affairs Channel
Government of Canada News
Hill Times
Sections include: News, Opinion, Foreign Policy, Politics, Policy, Legislation, Lobbying, Hill Life & People, Hill Climbers, Heard On The Hill.

Archival news sources relating to Black Studies

Abolitionist Newspapers of the 1850s
Search anti-enslavery newspapers published in Windsor (Sandwich), Chatham, and Toronto, Ontario (Canada West) by Black abolitionists.
Coverage: 1851 - 1876
American Race Relations: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Reports, publications, and news broadcasts covering racial justice in the United States and US race relations with Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Coverage: 1941 - 1996
Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
English translations of news broadcasts and publications on the reaction to apartheid throughout the African continent and from around the world.
Coverage: 1946 - 1996
Chicago Defender [digital archive]
Search this African American, Caribbean, and African focused paper for news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.
Coverage: 1909 - 1975
Nineteenth Century British Pamphlets
Nine pamphlet collections covering various socio-political themes in Britain including Anti-slavery, universal suffrage, criminal punishment, and more.
Coverage: 1545 - 1931
Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection; Hume Tracts; Bristol Selected Pamphlets; Cowen Tracts; Earl Grey Pamphlets; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Knowsley Pamphlets; LSE Selected Pamphlets, and Selections of the University of Manchester covering the Irish Question, Free Trade, and women's suffrage.