How can I find regional newspaper coverage of a specific topic?
NewsBank offers the full text of over 2,100 different newspapers from around the country, as well as from the UK and Asia. As some stories are given more importance in different states or different countries, you can quickly get the local slant on a topic. NewsBank also provides special reports that compile newspaper articles on topics such as Iraq and other Hot Topics. The Basic search allows for simple keyword searching and the ability to limit your results to the past year, past six months, or past three months. The Advanced search provides the ability to access an article by author, lead paragraph, section, edition, or headline. Some of the papers covered by NewsBank include: The New York Times, The China Daily, The London Times, The LA Times, The Boston Globe, The New York Post, The Washington Post, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and The Christian Science Monitor.