Choose Your Site: Site Searching!
Uncovering historic data in databases may be challenging simply because scholarly resources require a longer process and more vetting than the web!
The web is in conflict with the streamlined process of print publishing. Be cautioned that the web can be riddled with issues of misinformation, bias, and steering. So what can you do? You can tell Google where to go - to search that is!
You are able to tailor a search and target specific websites regarding specific topics.
topic: yellow journalism
site: pbs.com
yellow journalism site: pbs.com
or use the domain extension only to find a variety of sources: .org to find organizations, .edu for academic sources, .com for company sources
Archives Unbound
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Archives UnboundPrimary source documents related to the Civil Rights Movement. The documents are separated into smaller segments, but this link takes you to the main access for the collections. Subjects include the Freedom Riders, the FBI surveillance of SNCC, and the papers of Fanny Lou Hamer.
Digital Library Archives
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Digital Library ArchivesA collection of free access e-journals hosted by the Virginia Tech Digital Library. It also contains electronic theses, dissertations, and faculty archives.
New Journal & Guide
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New Journal & GuideOnline searchable archives of the Norfolk Journal & Guide from ProQuest Historical Newspapers that cover the years 1921-2003.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteIndex, abstracts, and full text for journals in communications and mass media.
MasterFile
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Masterfile PremierIndex, abstracts, and full text covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Designed for a general (as opposed to an academic) audience.
Database tutorial available.
Youtube: Muckrakers. history4kim: Uploaded on Feb 25, 2011
Youtube: Yellow Journalism: Origins and Definition. WatchMojo.com: Uploaded on Mar 31, 2009
Youtube:Journalism and Civil Resistance: Rev. Jim Lawson in Mexico. Narco News TV: Uploaded on Mar 31, 2010
Youtube: Gay Talese and New Journalism. Big Think: Published on Apr 23, 2012
Britannica Academic
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Britannica AcademicBritannica Digital Learning has brought together two of its most popular educational products to make classroom work and research easier and more effective for students and teachers
Credo
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CredoCredo promotes knowledge building, problem solving and critical thinking to give people the information skills necessary for success throughout their academic, professional and personal lives.
Academic Search Complete
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Academic Search CompleteA collection of full-text academic and scholarly journals in a number of subject areas.
CQ Researcher
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CQ ResearcherA full-text database of Congressional Quarterly Researcher, presenting overviews of current topics. Coverage includes overviews, chronologies, pro and con points of interest, and bibliographies of additional resources.
JSTOR
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JSTORJSTOR provides a scholarly journal archive for hundreds of FULL text journals across a wide variety of disciplines. Current access is now available to the Arts & Sciences Collections I, II, III, IV, and VII.
