International and Area Studies

Coverage: 1992-present

Provides selective full text access to current content from The Economist, a premier weekly publication providing timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive appraisal of global news, spanning centuries and continents.

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Coverage: 1843-2020

Provides full text access to over 150 years of The Economist, a premier weekly publication providing timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive appraisal of global news, spanning centuries and continents.

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Coverage: 1959-present

Ethnic NewsWatch provides access to full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. Subject coverage includes culture, religion, independent press, and ethnic studies. The database also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

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Provides access to business and news archives, historical market data, interactive charting, financial statements, and company reports.

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Coverage: 1996-one month ago

The Financial Times is a daily newspaper, based in London, that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Coverage: 1888-2021

A key international business paper based in London, The Financial Times Historical Archive provides access to fully searchable digital reproductions of every issue from 1888-2021. Coverage includes critical financial and economic events, industry, energy, international politics, and more recently management, personal finance and the arts.

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Provides full text to over 500 U.S. newspapers and over 600 international newspapers. Real time news updates are also available through newswires such as CNN Newswire, PR Newswire, and CNN. This database also provides access to over 1.6 million radio and television transcripts.

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Coverage: 1800-1922

Provides access to more than 40 African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Features English and foreign language titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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Coverage: 1981-2016

The Daily Observer is Liberia's English language best-known independent national newspaper. This archive provides access to over thirty years of coverage of the modern history of Liberia, including the Liberian Civil War through its current phase of development.

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Coverage: 1938-1987

Die Transvaler was established as a newspaper to promote the cause of Afrikaner nationalism within the Afrikaner-dominated National Party in South Africa. This newspaper was notorious for its racism and antisemitism and was edited by Hendrik Verwoerd, future prime minister and architect of the apartheid regime. This archive is a valuable resource for scholars of African studies, history, politics, war, genocide, apartheid, and the media.

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Coverage: 1943-2003

The East African Newspapers collection provides insight into the region from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Coverage includes articles on the growth of decolonization, self-governance, famine, drought, political uprisings, and the post-colonial landscape. This growing collection currently includes over 475,000 pages total from three titles: Daily Nation (1958-2002, Kenya), The Ethiopian Herald (1943-1989, Ethiopia), and The Monitor (1992-2003, Uganda).

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Coverage: 1958-1994

Digital archive spanning 19 countries and four decades covering cultural, economic, and political developments within the regions. 

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Asahi Shimbun AJW is an English language, open access, digital version of The Asahi Shimbun AJW, Japan's daily newspaper. AJW originally stood for Asahi Japan Watch, but now it represents Asia and Japan Watch to better reflect the editorial policy of offering in-depth coverage of China, the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Asia, in addition to extensive coverage of Japanese politics, business, and society.

Coverage: 1875-1889

Choya Shinbun was a major Japanese newspaper during the early and mid-Meiji periods. It is best known for its support of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, and it helped shape public opinion during a political era that saw the establishment of the Meiji Constitution and the Imperial Diet.

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Provides fully searchable and browsable English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, including Encyclopedia Nipponica, Dictionary of Synonyms in Japanese, Encyclopedia of Japan, Yuhikaku Dictionary of Psychology, Shogakukan-Oxford English-Japanese Learner's Thesaurus, and Great Dictionary of Modern Japanese Literature. Also includes articles published in the weekly magazine Ekonomisuto.

University of Oklahoma Libraries has licensed this resource for 2 simultaneous users.

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Coverage: 1911-1949

Provides perspective on the late Qing and Republican era in China. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland. The collection provides a comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People's Republic. 

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Coverage: 1946-1996

Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers, collected and translated into English by the CIA.

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Coverage: 1864-1922

Features English, Gujarati, and Bengali language newspapers published in India, in the regions of the Subcontinent that now comprise Pakistan, and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). South Asian Newspapers offers extensive coverage of the people, issues, culture, politics, and events that shaped the Indian Subcontinent during 19th and 20th centuries.

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Coverage: 1864-1922

Included in the World Newspaper Archive database, this collection provides access to ten different nineteenth and twentieth century South Asian newspapers written in Bengali, Gujarati, and English.

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Coverage: 1839-1976

The Southeast Asian Newspapers collection chronicles the changes and challenges that took place throughout the region during the 19th and 20th centuries. Covers several countries from the region, including Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and features multiple languages such as Dutch, English, French, Javanese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

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Coverage: 1946-present

Established in East Berlin in 1946 as the official organ of the former German Democratic Republic, Neues Deutschland provides firsthand accounts of the 20th century's most momentous events from the Cold War's epicenter - the establishment of the German Democratic Republic, the Berlin Airlift, the Soviet space program, speeches by Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of Germany, and much more. The Neues Deutschland Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1946 onward, with an additional year's worth of content added on an annual basis. 

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Coverage: 1956-present

El Caribe is a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Santo Domingo and is one of the Dominican Republic's most influential and longest-running newspapers. Except for brief interruptions in publication for a month in 1962 and seven months in 1965, El Caribe has been a constant chronicle of national and international news, both for the Dominican Republic and the broader Caribbean region.

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Coverage: 1918-1946

El Imparcial was a conservative, pro-independence tabloid published in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the early 20th century. During that time, it was the most widely read newspaper in Puerto Rico, providing coverage on such historical events as the Cuban Revolution and political corruption in Puerto Rico in the 1940s.

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Coverage: 1807-1972

The Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers collection traces the evolution of Mexico during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Comprised of over 1,000 titles from Mexico's pre-independence, independence, and revolutionary periods, this collection provides documentation on topics such as partisan politics, political and social satire, as well as local, regional, national and international news. Material is sourced from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas in Austin, the preeminent Latin American library in the United States.

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Coverage: 1800-1924

Included in the World Newspaper Archive, this collection provides access to more than 35 nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. 

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Coverage: 1919-1990

El Mundo was a conservative newspaper from Puerto Rico during the 20th century, in production from 1919-1990. Key topics covered by the newspaper include industrialization of Puerto Rican society, the Great Depression, territorial relations with the United States, independence movements such as the Macheteros and FALN, the rise of the Popular Democratic Party, the Ponce massacre, and more.

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Coverage: 1943-1949

Noticias Graficas was a groundbreaking Argentine newspaper published in Buenos Aires during the early 20th century, known for its double-page illustrated center spread and high-quality journalism. This prominent newspaper was shut down during the dictatorship of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu.

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Coverage: 1870-2019

This collection provides insight into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events. Key topics include the decline of colonialism, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, the rise of the petroleum industry, the establishment of the state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Arab Spring. Content is predominantly in Arabic, but includes key titles in English and French. Includes access to over 80 publications, including Jumhuriyah (الجمهورية, Egypt), Filastin (فلسطين, Palestine), Al Akhbar (الاخبار, Lebanon), Al Riadh (الرياض‏, Saudi Arabia), and Ad Dustour (الدستور, Jordan).

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Coverage: 1958-1994

Digital archive spanning 19 countries and four decades covering cultural, economic, and political developments within the regions. 

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Coverage: 1949-present

Founded in 1949, The Current Digest of the Russian Press presents a selection of Russian language press materials, carefully translated into English. Content is taken from a wide selection of sources and features a diverse range of reporters and authors. Selections are presented as documentary materials without elaboration or comment, and state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal.

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Coverage: 1767-1918

The Imperial Russian Newspapers collection comprises out-of-copyright newspapers spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. The collection's core titles are from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the vast Russian Empire.

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Provides access to a large collection of Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States databases covering a wide range of topics. Includes archives of mass media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, with reference information.

Note: You do not have to register a personal login name to use this database, but if you choose to, you will be able to keep your saved settings, queries, and document collection between sessions.

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Coverage: 1990-2016

The Post-Perestroika Newspapers collection traces the evolution of post-Soviet Russia, with coverage beginning in the mid-1980s and extending well into the twenty-first century. These newspapers, some of which had a relatively short lifespan, provide important and critical insight into the events and personalities that defined post-Soviet Russian politics and history.

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Coverage: 1959-1996

Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, collected and translated into English by the CIA.

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Coverage: 1912-2023

Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991 and the most important newspaper of the Soviet era. This resource provides full text images of the Russian language newspaper. 

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America's News provides a variety of news media, such as newspaper articles, news blogs, magazines, newswires, journals, transcripts, videos, and web-only news sources. This resource includes access to over 4,000 national, regional, and local news sources, including The Oklahoman from 1981 onward and The Oklahoma Web Edition from 2013 onward.

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Coverage: 1976-present

Black Life in America, Series 3 offers a window into African American history, culture and daily life as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent. Updated daily with new content, this database provides in-depth coverage of issues involved in America's ongoing conversation on race, including coverage of historic changes such as Barack Obama's election and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Coverage: 2008-present

Searches the full text of five current newspapers via ProQuest's platform: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. 

Note: Coverage of The New York Times excludes the most recent 30 days. Access to the most recent month of The New York Times online content is available via NYTimes.com. Coverage of The Wall Street Journal excludes the most recent week. Access to the most recent week of The Wall Street Journal content is available via Wall Street Journal.

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Coverage: 1959-present

Ethnic NewsWatch provides access to full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. Subject coverage includes culture, religion, independent press, and ethnic studies. The database also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.

For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.

Provides access to business and news archives, historical market data, interactive charting, financial statements, and company reports.

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Coverage: 2010-present

Combining deep historical content with current sources, Hispanic Life in America provides primary source documents related to Hispanic American life. This database is continually updated to reflect the latest news in government, business, and arts  - from U.S. immigration policies and the response at the U.S. southern border, to the Dreamers and the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), as well as the ongoing influence of Hispanic American businesses, politicians, musicians, athletes, and others.

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Coverage: 1985-one week ago

Provides access to The Journal Record, a daily business and legal newspaper based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Focus is on local and statewide business trends and in-depth stories that convey the voice of the Oklahoma business community.

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Coverage: 1981-present

Complete text from 1981 to present of The Oklahoman, which focuses on both local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Also includes access to The Oklahoman Web Edition from 2013 onward. 

The Oklahoman's pre-1984 evening supplemental edition, The Oklahoma City Times, is available through Gateway to Oklahoma History. 

Note: Some archival issues are available on microfilm. To access these, please use the “Request via Sooner Xpress” link in the following catalog records: 1969-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1990, 2005-mid 2025. The most recent three months can also be viewed in print.

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Provides full text to over 500 U.S. newspapers and over 600 international newspapers. Real time news updates are also available through newswires such as CNN Newswire, PR Newswire, and CNN. This database also provides access to over 1.6 million radio and television transcripts.

For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online print or video tutorial. 

NYTimes.com provides full access to The New York Times and International New York Times content, including breaking news, multimedia, blogs, videos and more. 

Note: You must set up an individual account using your email to access The New York Times. To set up your free NYTimes.com account, click here. Once you create an account, you may access The New York Times either on or off campus using your account credentials. You will have to create a new account once a year.

Faculty and instructors also have access to The New York Times in Education, a resource of teaching strategies, articles, discussion questions, case studies and more. To set up access, click here and register with your @ou.edu email address.

Coverage for regional business publications from the United States and Canadian provinces, including newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, trade publications, magazines, newswires, and videos. Some full text is available.

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Provides full access to The Wall Street Journal, including breaking news from around the world, multimedia, detailed analysis, blogs, videos and more. 

NOTE: Users must create an account using their OU credentials in order to use this resource and will need to refresh their access on an annual basis. Users should receive an email notification seven days prior to their refresh, indicating how to renew their access.

Access to this resource is funded by the OU Price College of Business.