Exciting Times

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If you’ve been looking for better ways to gather information about current world events, the library can help you! Take advantage of the library’s online resources to access news and information about events around the world.
Don’t know where to get started? Try one of the following databases, or ask a librarian to help get you started.
CQ Researcher
In-depth reports on current and often controversial social issues.
Custom Newspapers (Gale)
Full text articles from a wide variety of newspapers.
Ethnic NewsWatch también en español
A full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Provides access to viewpoints often overlooked in the mainstream media. Nearly one quarter of ENW’s articles are presented in Spanish.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)

Information on social issues including viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
LexisNexis
News, business, legal, medical, and reference publications (full text).
National Newspaper Index (Gale)
Indexing with abstracts for The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

New York State Newspapers (Gale)

Covers ten major newspapers published in the state of New York, including The New York Times and The New York Post.

Note: To access resources from off campus, users must log in with their activated City Tech library card. Instructions can be found here.