UWM Libraries Research and Course Guides: WAK BIO 192: Environmental Science and Ethics: Find Articles in a Database

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Use the resources on this page to find news articles related to topics you are covering in class. News articles need to be credible, published within the last month and long enough to provide enough content for discussion. Below you will find...

1) Newspaper Source Plus and U.S. Newsstream - news databases

2) Other Databases - additional databases that offer newspaper articles

3) Tips for finding the link back to the article as well as the citation

Newspaper Source Plus and US Newsstream Databases

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts

How to find the Link and Citation in NewsPaper Source Plus (this pdf includes screenshots)
Click on "permalink" to the right of your article. A link will appear above the title. Copy the link into a new tab to check the link before closing your article.

US Newsstream This link opens in a new window Large collection of US newspapers, many in full text, as well as news sites, blogs, and newswires from the 1980s to the present (dates vary by title). Includes The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal. Part of Global Newsstream.

How to find the link and citation for articles from U.S.Newsstream (this pdf includes screenshots)
To get a link back to the article in U.S.Newsstream, click on "more options" at the top right. A new window will open with a permalink at the top of the new window. Copy the link into a new tab to check the link before closing your article.

Other Databases

These databases offer a wide variety of articles, including some newspapers. After searching, use the filters on the left to narrow your results to newspapers and the most recent month of publication date.

Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of more than 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 journals.
Environment Complete Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. The database contains citations for articles from domestic and international journals, monographs and conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.