Political Science

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.

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 3,600 national, regional, and local news sources, including the Oklahoman from 1981 onward and the Oklahoman Web Edition from 2013 onward.

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.

Part of the America's News database. American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Full text of articles from U.S. and world newspapers and business and company information. NOTE: many newspapers are NOT available in the academic version of Factiva.

Part of the America's News database, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals

Search and view the full text of US papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-within days of the current issue;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-within days of the current issue;
-New York Times, 1851-one month ago;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-within days of the current issue;
-Washington Post, 1877-2006, 2008-within days of the current issue.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.)

Links to news and media sites around the world.

More than 860 full-text newspapers, and more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis. Provides access to the last 30 days of articles in full-text.

Features 15,000+ news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1790. Html text only. No images.

Users must create an account to access NYTimes.com. Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account.

—Update: as of 8-12-23, 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 1981-present. For other ways to access online content see this blog post.

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.

1906-2018 on microfilm. 4th floor East, outside former Government Documents Department. Online: 1989-present.

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.

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.