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Types of Periodicals: Newspapers

Examples

  1. Huntsville Times
  2. New York Times
  3. Wall Street Journal
  4. USA Today

Available at Eva B. Dykes Library

Value & Uses

  • Current information
  • News stories
  • Local & regional focus
  • Analysis & opinon on current events
  • Speeches (excerpts, usually)
  • Some book reviews

Language

  • Written for a general, educated audience

Authors

  • Journalists

Sources

  • Sources are rarely cited in full

Publishers

  • Commercial/trade publishers

Graphics

  • Pictures & charts
  • Some ads

Sample Databases*

  1. Proquest Newspapers
  2. Newspaper Source

*see Eva B. Dykes Library's list of databases available online.

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