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Newspapers are another useful source, especially when you need very current information. Many college libraries have indexes for articles published in major national newspapers, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Wall Street Journal. University libraries often offer access to full-text articles from newspapers that restrict content to subscribers. Your library may also have indexes for your local newspaper and papers from large cities in your region. Most newspapers now have Web sites, and some are exclusively online (for example, the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Christian Science Monitor’s daily newspaper). Many of these sites allow you to search for articles. This can be particularly helpful if you want to focus on news from a specific region—for example, coverage of the auto industry in Detroit newspapers. Editorials on File reprints editorials from newspapers across the United States and Canada, which offer diverse perspectives on current issues.

General newspaper indexes include ProQuest Newsstand Complete, the Gale Group National Newspaper Index, News-Bank, and LexisNexis Academic; many such indexes provide links to full-text articles. More specialized indexes, such as Ethnic NewsWatch and the Alternative Press Index, also cover a wide variety of newspapers.