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GEOG 1110 - Introduction to Human Geography (Brownstein)

Finding Newspaper Articles

The library still subscribes to a number of newspapers and magazines in print that are delivered and available for you to read inside the library space. However, searching for specific topics inside these newspapers can be difficult. 

A number of newspapers may have articles available for free on their websites. Others may allow you to look at a few articles for free before you hit a paywall. Sometimes, looking at newspaper websites in an incognito or private browser will allow you to get around those article restrictions. 

The library also has databases and search tools that look specifically at newspaper resources. Here are some specific databases and tricks that you can use to find articles in newspapers around your topic. 

Many multidisciplinary databases will also have tools that will help you limit your results to particular kinds of sources. Look on the left hand side of your search results for options like these:

A screenshot of the limiter tools from the CBCA Database. An option under "source type" is circled, indicating that when selected, you will only get newspaper articles as a search result.