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POLS 063: African Politics (SC)

Political Science 063: African Politics (Paddon-Rhoads) Fall 2021

International News Sources

Access World News
- Search across nearly 8,000 newspapers and wire services from around the world.
- Useful for doing more precise and systematic searches than Google News
- Sources include The Guardian, BBC Selected Wire stories, AFP, and other major international sources
New York Times
Search articles from NYT from 1851-present
Access Note: Current articles, use Academic Pass + NYT website - Historical articles, use Proquest Historical News
Wall Street Journal
Search articles from WSJ from 1889-present
Access Note: Current articles, see FindIt page - Historical articles, use Proquest Historical News

BBC Africa
BBC coverage of African news
The Guardian
Articles from The Guardian from 1821-present

Media Cloud
Track how stories and ideas spread through media. Search through millions of news stories published online, visualize trends, and identify patterns in your results. Includes stories from 2011-present.

Excellent tool for comparing news coverage across different sources. Filter sources by partisan leaning, publication history (legacy, digital-only), and other criteria.

Media Cloud is a consortium research project across multiple institutions, including the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern University, and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. This is an open-source project built and maintained by researchers.