Research Guides: First Year Seminars: FYS 152-4 Journalists and Media

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MUSCAT Plus searches for books, journal articles, media, and more in Musselman Library and beyond.

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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Provides access to thousands of full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports. Content covers all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to content across all disciplines. Search or browse books, journals, images, and primary sources.

Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 560 journals plus cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 270 journals. Contains more than 160 full-text journals and over 160 full-text books. Access Variety movie reviews dating back to 1914. Includes more than 63,000 images from the MPTV Image Archive.

Gale Reference eBooks This link opens in a new window
Provides a database of encyclopedias and reference sources for research. Coverage include the Arts, Business, Education, the Environment, History, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Religion, Science and Social Science. 2000 – present.

As a Gettysburg student, Musselman Library provides free, personal online subscriptions so that you can read news on their websites and apps:

The New York Times (Create your account)
Wall Street Journal (Create your account)
Washington Post (No account required. Will use your IP address for full site access.)

Both require a short registration with your @gettysburg.edu email address. If you have any issues, please contact ask@gettysburg.edu.

Current News

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources. Contains journal articles, television and radio broadcasts, newswires, and reporting from national and international newspapers; business information on 80 million U.S. and international companies; and federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Formerly known as "LexisNexis Academic."

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Access World News This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles from over 10,680 U.S. and international newspapers, offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Includes The Gettysburg Times (2008-present) and The Evening Sun (2001-present).
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 200 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for more than 310 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.

CNN Transcripts
Although you can find transcripts in Lexis Uni, CNN also provides transcripts for their programming.

Historical Newspapers

Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles from the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1858-1993), Los Angeles Times (1881-1993), New York Times (1851-2013), Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003), San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-Current), Washington Post (1877-2000), The Guardian (1821-2003), and The Observer (1791-2003).

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