State of the Union Address

Major Issues

Newspaper Databases
Lexis-Nexis	Has tons of mainstream and some alternative newspapers, magazines, and voices in full text Tip: To search for OPED, Opinion, or Editorial sections, include it in your search For Example: immigration and (Oped or opinion or editorial)
Proquest Newspapers	Includes the fulltext of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal Tip: Open the "more search options" tab and choose "Editorial" next to "Document Type" to narrow your search.
Academic Search Premier	Includes alternative press titles: Mother Jones and Harper's Magazine Tip: In Advance Search Mode, limit to the publication name (in the middle of the screen) For Example: immigration and opinion would be how your search could look
Proquest Social Science Journals	Includes the alternative title " Monthly Review" Tip:Open the "more search options" tab and browse titles for "Monthly Review" then choose "Editorial" next to "Document Type" to narrow your search.

Mainstream Media: corporate-owned , mass, nationally, distributed media
- Examples: NYT, Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time Magazine, US News and World Report, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Boston Globe
Alternative Media: media owned independently and not by a large corporation
- Examples: The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times, EXTRA, Z Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Covert Action Information Bulletin, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books,

AltPress: tremendous site for alternative press titles. Take a title from here and check it in the journal finder to locate it in our library.

Zmag: The online version of Z-Magazine with opinions from alternative news sources

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