Selected News Web Sites
- BBC World News ServiceInternational radio broadcaster from the United Kingdom.
- CNNNews web site for the Cable News Network.
- National Public Radio (NPR)National Public Radio produces and distributes noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. It is a privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization.
- SCOLAA non-profit educational organization that receives and re-transmits television programming from around the word in native languages.
- Voice of AmericaThe Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts more than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational
- World News NetworkThe World News (WN) Network was founded in 1995 and launched online in 1998, with the primary objective of being the most comprehensive, one-stop news resource on the Internet. Today, World News has over 20,000 global thematic and regional news sites - en
- World Press ReviewEnglish-language digest of international press coverage.
Newspapers, Magazines and Current Events
Loyola provides access to a variety of news and current events resources, from current subscriptions to archives of historical newspapers and magazines.
Loyola offers free website access for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal! See the box below for more information about signing up for your free profiles.
Full Website and Mobile App Access: New York Times Website and Wall Street Journal
- New York Times Website This link opens in a new windowComplete access to the New York Times online edition (nytimes.com) from 1980 through the present. Users must create an account while on campus, from a computer on Loyola’s network, to gain access to nytimes.com from any web browser or smart phone app, on or off campus, with no monthly limits on article access. This resource is limited to current students, faculty, and staff. Note: HSL students/faculty/staff need to sign up via http://accessnyt.com
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowFull-text news articles covering business, economics, and finances. Coverage: 1984 - present. Users must register to access resource. Every 180 days users must refresh (or click through the Libraries’ link again). Please register here: WSJ.com/LUC before attempting to access this resource.
- Washington Post (website) This link opens in a new windowUnlimited access to WashingtonPost.com content. First time users need to create an account from https://www.washingtonpost.com. Click Sign In, then click Sign Up. Enter your LUC email address and agree to the terms of service. Go to your "Account Settings", click on the "My subscriptions"; tab, and click "Activate free digital access" to get free access to the Post. Email verification will follow.
Focus on Alternative News Sources
- Alternative Press Index Archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text bibliographic containing journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from alternative, radical, and left sources with focus on socialism and revolution, ecology, democracy and anarchism, feminism and organized labor, indigenous peoples, and gays/lesbians. Coverage: 1969 - 1990.
- AlterNetProduced by the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting, and providing suport for, alternative news sources.
Online Newspaper Directories
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress) -- Search Newspaper DirectorySearch or brose the directory of newspapers published in a particular place and time. Use keywords to locate specific titles and subjects.
- Gale Database of Publications and Broadcast MediaProvides information on some 52,000 publications and over 12,400 radio and television stations and cable TV companies. (Unavailable at this time. 10/14/2010)
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary directory of international journals and magazines.
Print Newspaper Directories
- Bacon’s Newspaper DirectoryCall Number: Lewis Ready Reference HD 59 .B32A directory of daily and weekly newspapers news services syndicates.