News
These databases provide access to current newspaper articles. Dates vary, but generally, 1980s-present. See also Newspapers and Magazines Guide from the librarian for journalism and Microform Collections - Newspapers.
- America's News (Available from the OKC library; Readex/Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including The Oklahoman and Tulsa World.
- BBC Monitoring (via Factiva and Proquest)NOTE: Link goes to catalog. Choose region of interest.
Provides news and information based on round-the-clock monitoring of radio, TV, press, internet and news agency sources around the world. Reports are translated into English from more than 100 languages. - Ethnic Newswatch Complete (1959-present; Proquest)Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
- Factiva (academic edition)Full text of articles from U.S. and world newspapers and business and company information. Please note that many newspapers are NOT available in this academic version of Factiva. OU Libraries has licensed this database for 5 simultaneous users.
- US Newspapers (ProQuest)Search and view the full text of US papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-1998, 2008-two weeks ago;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-1997, 2008-two weeks ago;
-New York Times, 1851-one month ago;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-two weeks ago;
-Washington Post, 1877-2005, 2008-two weeks ago.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.) - International News - LinksLinks to news and media sites around the world.
- Newspaper Source Plus (~1990s-present; EBSCO)More than 860 full-text newspapers, including Tulsa World, 1997-2014.
- Newswires (EBSCO)Near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.
- Nexis Uni, ~1980s-presentCurrent news sources.
- NYTimes.com (Current)An account is required to access NYTimes.com Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account. The account must be set up while on campus.
- Oklahoman Archives (The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman, 1901-present)—Update: as of 12-1-22, the database is still available. Due to the large size of the archive, searches may need to be limited with a date range in order to return results.
Because Gannett found this database unprofitable, beginning February 3rd, 2022, the full Oklahoman Archives will no longer be available. Access to the most current 30 days will continue. For other ways to access online content see this blog post. - Oklahoma News (Available from the OKC library; Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Provides full-text access to dozens of newspapers across Oklahoma. Includes full-text and image editions of The Oklahoman and Tulsa World.
- Tulsa World (Newsbank)From 2019. Most recent 3 month(s) not available.
- U.S. Major Dailies (Available from the OKC library; Proquest)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers: the New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
- Wall Street Journal (current)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.
Politics, Commentary, Culture
Please note: As some of these sources come from a digital archive, they may lag behind and may not contain the most current issue available.
- NYTimes.com (Current)An account is required to access NYTimes.com Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account. The account must be set up while on campus.
- Wall Street Journal (current)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.