To locate articles appearing in print and other forms of news media, try the following:
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) - first link below - provides searchable full-text of 24 major papers from the late 1800's to the mid-1900's.
The New York Times and Historical Black Newspapers are searched separately using the links below.
Individual links to The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, which are included within the Historical Newspapers database, also appear below.
Most databases, reference works, and e-journals are restricted to current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland.
In order to access databases and online journals remotely, use Database Finder. When prompted to select a campus, select the option for University of Maryland, College Park and then "Students, Faculty, and Staff". Then log in with your Directory ID, the same username you use for email and other campus services.
The following are some of the types of materials you can locate using WorldCat UMD:
For best results:
Try the following resources for background information from articles in scholarly, popular and trade publications.
Note the following hints for locating speeches in these specific databases:
Also note that Business Source Complete also indexes Vital Speeches of the Day.
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
The following resources can be used to locate information on state and Federal laws, regulations, issues and publications:
The following resources may also be useful for locating background information: