You can use the MTA Library Catalogue to find out which magazines and newspapers are available in print in the Library or electronically via one of our full-text library databases.

You can also use Journal Finder to find out which magazines and newspapers are available electronically in library databases.

Individual articles published in magazines and newspapers, however, are not indexed in the Library Catalogue.

Indexing of news articles (and in some cases, transcripts of television and radio news broadcasts) is provided by the news indexes and databases listed on the Indexes and Databases by Subject: News page. Each index allows keyword searches for individual articles and all provide full-text content (although not every article will be available full text).

LexisNexis Academic, Canadian Newsstand, CBCA Current Events and Alt-Press Watch (the latter three are accessible via ProQuest) will be among the most useful indexes/databases for your assignment.

Canadian News Sources
International News Sources
Alternative and Independent News Souces
News Search Engines
War on Terror & Iraq: Selected Library Guides, Story Archives & Reports

Canadian News Sources:

• Canadian Daily Newspapers (Canadian Newspaper Association)
• Canadian Newswire
  Fulltext news releases
• CANOE: Canadian Online Explorer
  A Sun Media Corporation (Quebecor) news and information site.
• CBC News
• The Dominion
• Globe & Mail *
• National Post *
• OnlineNewspapers' Canadian Newspapers
  Links to large dailies, small weeklies, and community newspapers from all 10 provinces and 3 territories.
• rabble.ca
• The Times and Transcript (Moncton)
• The Toronto Star *
• The Tyee
  
  * Note that the library has full-text access to The Globe and Mail from 1844 and the Toronto Star from 1892. Recent issues of these papers (Globe: 1977 - present; Star: 1985 - present) are accessible via Canadian Newsstand and LexisNexus. The National Post is also accessible via Canadian Newsstand (1998 - present).
  
  See the Indexes and Databases by Subject: News page for more details.
  

International News Sources:

• Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
  
• Aljazeera.net English
  English language version of the Arab news site
  
• AllAfrica
  Aggregates, produces and distributes news from across Africa
  
• Arabic News.com
• Arts & Letters Daily: A service of the Chronicle of Higher Education
  Provides links to many newspapers, news magazines, columnists, Weblogs, radio news and more (see lists in left-hand column).
• BBC News (UK)
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Guardian (UK)
• Independent (UK)
• Los Angeles Times
• Le Monde Diplomatique (in English)
• New York Times
• NewsNow.co.uk
  Online news monitoring service providing non-stop searching of over 15,000 online news sources. Monitors news in 90 countries and 18 languages.
• The Newseum: The interactive museum of news
  Website of the museum of news in Arlington, Va. Includes Today's Front pages, reproductions of today's front page of more than 250 American and International newspapers.
  
• Washington Post
  
  Note: Newspaper website may not offer comprehensive archives or allow for complex searhes. Several of the papers listed above, such as the NYTimes and Washington Post are available full-text via LexisNexis Academic.

Alternative and Independent News Souces

• See the MTA Libraries Alternative Media Guide

News Search Engines

• Alltheweb
• AltaVista News
• Google News and Google News Archive
• RocketNews
• WorldNews
  
  
• MTA Libraries Search Engines page provides links to specialized search engines (search blogs and rss feeds), meta search engines and more.

• Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq, International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association's
  Social Responsibilities Round Table
• America's War Againt Terrorism: World Trade Center/Pentagon Terrorism and the Aftermath, University of Michigan Library Documents Center
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting
  Includes sections devoted to Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.
• Iraq 2003: Sources of News Guide, University of Windsor, Leddy Library. Links to alternative and mainstream news sources
• Journalism and War: openDemocracy's links to articles and online discussion
• Library of Congress Web Archives, Iraq War 2003.
  Includes archived U.S. government sites, foreign government sites, public policy and political advocacy groups, educational organizations, religious organizations, support groups for military personnel, anti-war groups, sites that target children, and news sources. Access to some materials is restricted to on-site users at the Library of Congress.
• Media Coverage of Weapons of Mass Destruction, by Susan D. Moeller, Center for International and Sercurity Studies, University of Maryland
• U.S.-Iraq War - Selected Web Pages
  
• AlterNet Stories Tagged "War on Terror"
• War on Terrorism Digital Library
  Long list of links to official reports, news and analysis.
• War on Terrorism Resource Guides, by David Durant, Political Science and Government Documents Librarian, East Carolina University.

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Studies and Reports

State of the News Media 2009: An Annual Report on American Journalism
Produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Who Owns the Media?
Interactive charts that let you browse company holdings. Produced by Free Press.

Who Owns What
The Columbia Journalism Review's Guide to What the Major Media Companies Own.

Prepare an effective search strategy:

The Preparing a Search Strategy Guide is designed to help you prepare an effective search by taking into account (for example) synonyms and variations in terminology, spelling and language and then combining these variations into a variety of search strategies.

Keep track of your search history:

It's always a good idea to do this: keep track of your searches (what searches you've performed in what databases). It may seem like it's slowing you down at the time, but keeping a log of your searches can save you time in the long run, especially if you are performing multiple searches in more than database, as you will be doing for work in this class.

How to find books related to the "War on Terror":

In addition to keyword searches using search terms that describe the topic you are researching, try using the Library of Congress subject headings listed below to get you started in the Library Catalogue:

• National security Canada.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Terrorism in mass media
• Terrorism political aspects Canada.
• War on terrorism 2001 -
• United States foreign relations 2001-
• Iraq war 2003

  For example: type war on terrorism 2001 - in the catalogue search box, select the Browse radio button, and then click LC SUBJECT from the drop-down menu.

How to find alternative news sources:

Try searching Alt-Press Watch (see News Indexes above) which provides full-text access to newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Also, consult the Alternative Media Guide which links to selected alternative news and information sources on the Web.

How to limit a search by publication date or to a particular source:

Most indexes and databases allow you to do this. Consult the Help or Tips in the database you are using for specific instructions.

Evaluating Sources of News and Information on the Web:

Unsure about the quality or reliability of information you find on the Web? See the Mt A. Libraries Guide to Evaluating Web Sources for tips and lists of criteria you can use to evaluate websites and other sources of information.

How to cite the materials you find:

Use the Sociology Citation Guide from Mount Allison's Sociology Department.

More general search tips: see the MTA Libraries How Do I... guide.

Questions? You may contact a librarian at the Reference desk at 364-2564 or send questions to infodesk@mta.ca