LibGuides: COMM 2311: News Gathering Resources

Background Research

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window Reference sources, all full text

If you are new to a topic and need reliable information to understand the main ideas, individuals, events, etc. involved, Credo Reference provides a collection of authoritative encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and more to assit you.

Newspaper Collections

Newsbank (America's Newspapers) This link opens in a new window Newspapers.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window Newspaper articles, newswires, television and radio transcripts.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window Journal articles, newspaper articles, and newswires.

Search our vast collection of newspapers from Beaumont and around the country to see how other papers are covering a topic.

Online Resources

Texas Data Portal Connecting officially published open data and members of the public to encourage transparency.
Texas State Agencies A directory resource linking to every state agency in Texas
US Census Data and Statistics The United States Census Bureau provides data about the nation’s people and economy. Every 10 years, it conducts the Population and Housing Census, in which every resident in the United States is counted. The agency also gathers data through more than 100 other surveys of households and businesses every one to five years. You can explore the results of the surveys or find popular quick facts.
Government Reports govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch. govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Congressional Budget Office independent, nonpartisan analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process.

Google Dataset Search Find collections of Data on the open web
Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.
World Public Opinion WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues. As the world becomes increasingly integrated, problems have become increasingly global, pointing to a greater need for understanding between nations and for elucidating global norms. With the growth of democracy in the world, public opinion has come to play a greater role in the foreign policy process. WorldPublicOpinion.org seeks to reveal the values and views of publics in specific nations around the world as well as global patterns of world public opinion.

CSPAN Archives The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses.
American Presidency Project A non-profit and non-partisan site, is an authoritative source of public presidential documents on the internet.
American Rhetoric - Online Speech Bank Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.

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