News Sources

News Agencies and Newswires

A note about News Agencies and Newswires:

Both in the US and worldwide, many news stories are reprints of stories written by the AP (Associated Press), which is based in New York City. There are also similar widely-published agencies in other countries. Always be aware of who's writing the content you're reading; even if it's a newspaper published in Dijibouti, if the content is from "AP Press" or another similar agency, it doesn't count as an international source!

Google News Search
When you're not in school anymore, you'll be relying on Google to find reliable news. Google has an "Advanced Search" that lets you limit aspects of the results it shows you, including the currency, place of publication, and location of the keywords in the resulting articles.

To access Google Advanced Search, click on "Settings" in the lower-right, then "Advanced search" (or, if this option isn't available, you can still access the Advanced Search screen directly using this URL: www.google.com/advanced_search)

1. Narrow by region (and language, if necessary)
2. After you run your search, then narrow your results by date; then you can use the "custom range" option to be very specific
3. Try clicking the "news" option to see only results from news sources. Note: Sometimes this will make results revert back to US-based sources, so pay attention to what changes! You can always click back if you need to.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni, the successor of LexisNexis Academic, provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources.The outstanding news coverage includes deep archives and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language news services. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations service for all federal and state court cases 1789-present.
To access Nexis Uni from off-campus, you must first register (create an account) while on campus.
1. Access Nexis Uni through the Augustana College library website (choose “Databases A-Z” from the drop-down menu at the bottom).
2. Click Sign In / Register in the top right.
3. Click Create a profile now on the right.
4. Enter your name and your Augustana email address.
5. Complete the sign-in profile.
6. After the username and password you have entered is verified, it will become active.
From off-campus, USE THIS LINK to access Nexis Uni (scroll down to find "Nexis Uni" on the landing page).
Keeping your access active: In order to keep access active, users are required to sign in from an on-campus computer or device every six months to maintain authorization.

If you are not on campus and are never on campus (distance learners, international students, or upperclass students with mostly online courses), we've created a generic username/password for you to use, so that you'll be able to access NexisUni as well.

From off-campus, USE THIS LINK to access Nexis Uni.

Username - TredwayLibrary

PW - NexisUniCOVID-19

To search Nexis Uni for POLS103:

the box around “news” should be highlighted already; type your keyword(s) into the box under “search in all news for”, then change the date range to include the date of the event you're researching
once you have your results, in the grey sidebar on the left, go to “location by publication” and select “international” → then the continent/region of your country → then the country in which the event took place, another involved country, or a country that's nearby geographically
you may need to narrow your search further; on the left, go to “Search Within Results” - you can modify your results by “including” or “excluding” different words
you may recognize some titles of the newspapers/sources, but not others; Google newspaper names you don't recognize to determine if they may have any bias

Online Newspapers.com
This website collects various international newspaper sources.
World News in English
Aggregator of links to worldwide news outlets in English.
World-Newspapers.com
A librarian-approved web aggregator of online newspapers from around the world.

Interactive Media Bias Chart

Interactive Media Bias Chart This link opens in a new window
Search the interactive chart by publication title to quickly determine a news outlet's reliability/bias