Finding News Articles

Opinion vs. News

Take this quiz from the Pew Research Center to see if you can identify factual statements.

Interactive Media Bias Chart
The Interactive Media Bias Chart® is a data visualization that displays measures of news (and “news-like”) articles and sources generated by analysts and staff of Ad Fontes Media.
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It's easy to get overwhelmed with too many results in a news database search.

Try searching just the lead/headline in Newsbank or abstract in Proquest NewsStream for more relevant results.

Limit your sources by geography to get news from the country you're researching.

Look for opinion stories to identify the "pro" and "con" arguments. Opinion stories may be labeled:

The following are popular single news publications.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full access to NYTimes.com and NYTimes mobile apps, including breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features.To register, go to www.nytimes.com/passes & log in with your Cal Maritime email (@csum.edu). Renew once per year by logging in at www.nytimes.com/passes
Journal of Commerce This link opens in a new window
News and in-depth analysis for shipping and logistics industries. Comprehensive market data, including trade lane volume, trade statistics, schedule reliability & pricing information.
Science This link opens in a new window
Full access to the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary

The following are databases offering large collections of news publications from around the world.

Ethnic News Watch This link opens in a new window
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive news collection useful for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, magazines, broadcast transcripts and videos.
NewsStream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format

AllSides
See issues and political news with news bias revealed by non-partisan, crowd-sourced ratings.
Media Bias/Fact Check
Media Bias/Fact Check provides ratings for over 2,000 media sources on a scale from Left, Left-Center, "Least Biased," Right-Center, and Right Bias. There are also categories for Pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, and satire.
FactCheck.org
FactCheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Its goal is to "monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."

Fox News
Editorial journalism and commentary with a conservative slant.
Mother Jones
"A reader-supported nonprofit news organization" with a liberal perspective
The Nation
A weekly magazine covering politics and culture. Self-described as "the flagship of the left."
National Review
Magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion
Salon
"Salon covers breaking news, politics, entertainment, culture, and technology through investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, and provocative personal essays." Progressive slant.
Slate
This liberal site focuses on commentary about politics, news, business, technology, and culture.
Town Hall
Political commentary and analysis from conservative columnists