Databases by Subject
Journalism Research Guide
Journalism
| Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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Associated Press: News Features & Internal Communications (Gale)
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AP news coverage of events, people, and trends from the mid-19th through 20th centuries. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Associated Press: U.S. City Bureaus Collection (Gale)
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Records from AP's domestic bureaus (Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh), dating from 1931 to 2004. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Associated Press: Washington, D.C. Bureau Collection (Gale)
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Records from the Washington, D.C. Bureau of the Associate Press from 1952—2009. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | Yes | No | more information | |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
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Communication and mass media publications including film, television, and advertising. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Communication Studies (Sage)
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Journals relating to journalism and communication. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Des Moines Register (ProQuest)
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Des Moines Register access with full-text PDF coverage. Note: the most recent 3 months are HTML-only. Coverage: 1871 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale Directory Library |
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Directories on print media, radio and television stations, and cable companies. Includes Market Share Reporter. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Harper's Digital Archives |
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Full-text articles from this general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture and the arts. Coverage: 1850-Present | No | No | more information | |
| Listener - Historical Archive |
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The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century. | No | No | more information | |
| MRI-Simmons Insights Platform |
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Provides access to consumer demographic, psychographic, brand preference, and media data from the Simmons National Consumer Survey.**Maximum of 10 simultaneous users.** | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2020 | Yes | No | more information | |
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, television and radio news transcripts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
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Times (London) Digital Archive (Gale)
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The Times (London) Archive, 1785-2019. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Vogue Archive (Proquest)
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Entire run of Vogue magazine (US Edition) from 1892 to the present day. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Women's Wear Daily Archive (Proquest)
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Entire run of Women's Wear Daily from 1910 to the present day. | Yes | No | more information |
Other Resources
| Database | Description | Available In SuperSearch | Alumni Access | More Info | Tutorial | |
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Journals and books covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Business Plans Handbook |
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Collection of business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. | No | No | more information | |
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Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
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Articles, market, industry and SWOT analysis reports, studies, and other business news. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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Information concerning nonprofit American membership organizations. | No | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Citation search of primary sources related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Gale eBooks |
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Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Primary Sources |
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Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
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Collection of historical documents allows you to browse and search HarpWeek's collection of 19th century journals. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Iowa Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Archives of The Des Moines Register (1871-2008) and The Iowa City Press-Citizen (1965-2008). | No | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
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LegalTrac (Gale)
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Citations and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Life Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
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Life Magazine, 1936-2000. | No | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Mergent Intellect |
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Mergent Intellect provides private company data on over 100 million privately held global companies (plus 145 million inactive global companies). Intellect allows the end user to download up to 2,000 records at a time to a spreadsheet. This service also contains information on over 220 million individuals through White Pages Pro and executive contacts on over 90 million professional decision makers. Also included is global family tree information, census data, access to First Research Industry Reports covering 900+ industries and demographic data from Nielsen. | No | No | more information | |
| MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography [EBSCO] |
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Modern Languages Association search for literature, language/linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory, and dramatic arts. Links to some full-text where available. | No | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
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Digitized newspapers originally published in the United States between 1800 and 1900. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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eBooks in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Pop Culture (Gale OneFile)
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Database of scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Sage Data |
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Formerly Data Planet Statistical Datasets. Statistical data in a wide range of subject areas, with tools for searching, analyzing and visualizing. | Yes | No | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Time Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
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Time Magazine, 1923-2000. | No | No | more information | |
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Times-Delphic Index (Drake University)
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Search titles and subject terms from all Times-Delphic articles at Drake University from 1980 to present. (A card index of earlier issues is available in the Library. Full text is available on microfilm.) | Partial | No | more information | |
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Ulrich's Online (Serials Solutions)
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Information about journals, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals. | No | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones)
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Full access to all Wall Street Journal content via their website (Current 4 years). Requires a one-time registration with your Drake email address | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |