News & Magazine Articles
Use the tools listed below to find relevant and reputable news articles and magazine articles for your bibliographies.
- Access World News (Formerly America's Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowAccess World News includes articles from hundreds of U.S. and international newspapers. Date coverage varies with individual newspapers.
- CQ Press Library/Political Reference Suite This link opens in a new windowSearch CQ Researcher for reports on Education-related topics as well as other social, political and economic issues, written by professional journalists.
- MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new windowMasterFILE Premier includes citations to articles from thousands of magazines and other general audience sources in a wide range of subject areas, including Education.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
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Search fulltext articles from the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. - NYTimes.com This link opens in a new windowUnlimited access to the New York Times via nytimes.com and their mobile app. To activate access:
- Step 1: Visit AccessNYT.com while connected to the UC Davis network (including VPN)
- Step 2: Search for and click the listing for “University of California, Davis – Davis, CA.”
- Step 3: Click “Create Account” and complete the registration fields
- Step 1: Visit AccessNYT.com while connected to the UC Davis network (including VPN)
Evaluate Your Sources
Consider these criteria to determine if a source is reputable:
Author: Who produced the information? What can you find about the author's credentials?
Accuracy: Does the author cite references to support their thesis? If so, are the references also from scholarly, credible sources? How does this information compare to other sources you have found?
Timeframe: When was the source published? Is the information still relevant?
For more tips and guidelines:
- Evaluating Resources CC-BY-NC: UC Berkeley Library
- SIFT: The Four Moves CC-BY: Mike Caulfield, Washington State University Vancouver
- Evaluating Digital Sources Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)