Research Guides: WF 105: Research and Rhetoric: Finding Sources

Search for newspaper articles

Research Based Source

Library resources
Recommended Websites

Below are a list of specific databases you can search in for finding research based sources. You can also use search box below to find reputable newspaper publications in Search@UW we subscribe to like The Atlantic, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, etc. you don't have to pay to view.

New York Times Online
Full access to The New York Times Online. When first using the Libraries subscription to NYT Online, you will be prompted to create an account or associate an existing account with the UWGB subscription.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A wide range of topics covered. Find news and articles from popular and trade publications. Use filters to limit results to newspapers and magazine publications .

Searchable full text for over 1,860 journals. Full text dating as far back as January 1990 abstracts and indexing for over 2,800 journals, many dating back to 1984. This is a Badgerlink resource, if you are unable to access please visit the Badgerlink site: https://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/
Statista
Subjects covered include media, business, finance, politics, and a variety of other areas of interest. Find infographics, statistics, and data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources.
Content categorized into 21 market sectors, it provides users with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a variety of other areas of interest.
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include nursing, medicine, and healthcare from a patients' information needs perspective; designed to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics for the non-healthcare professional.
CHC provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
CQ Researcher (CQ Press) This link opens in a new window
A wide range of subjects covered. Find reports covering political and social issues.
Regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.Coverage: 1991

Pew Research Center
Sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust, the Pew Research Center provides research data and analysis in the areas of U.S. Politics, Media and News, Social Trends, Religion, Internet and Technology, Hispanics and Global topics.
The Conversation
Written by academic experts for the general public and edited by a team of journalists.Find explanatory journalism on the events, discoveries and issues that matter today. Articles share researchers’ expertise in policy, science, health, economics, education, history, ethics and most every subject studied in colleges and universities.

Chronicle of Higher Education
Contains news and current journalism covering colleges and universities.
Education Source (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties. Find articles, trade & academic journals, book chapters, and reviews
Use filters to limit results to newspapers and magazine publications .

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 3,000 journals back to 1881, as well as full text for more than 2,000 journals back to 1936, and includes full text for numerous education-related conference papers and more than 500 books and monographs back to 1972.Coverage: 1881-
Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Subjects covered include educational administration, leadership, management, research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Find articles, trade & academic journals, book chapters, and reviews.
Use filters to limit results to newspapers and magazine publications .
Educational Administration Abstracts contains more than 66,000 records.Coverage: 1966 to date

TED Talks
The goal of the TED Foundation is to foster the spread of great ideas. It aims to provide a platform for thinkers, visionaries and teachers, so that people around the globe can gain a better understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world, and feed a desire to help create a better future.
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed provides the latest news, analysis and solutions for the entire higher education community
Faculty Focus
Faculty Focus publishes three articles each week written by instructors, teachers, instructional designers, and others from around the world. They provide insight into what’s working (and what’s not) for in-person classrooms, online classrooms, and hybrid classrooms.

Student Perspective

Finding this perspective may be a bit more difficult to locate. Here are a few recommendations for trying to find this perspective:

Try searching for newspaper articles that contain interviews with students.
Look for student blogs
Look for student podcasts
Search Youtube to find student voices

Wikipedia: List of college and university student newspapers in the United States
Find links to college student newspapers.
Student Voice Collections from Inside Higher Ed
Student Voice is a news hub spotlighting the student perspective on higher education.

WF 105: Research and Rhetoric

Search for newspaper articles

Newspaper articles

Research Based Source

Administrator/ Teacher Perspective

Student Perspective