Research Guides: COMM 1112: Public Speaking Research Guide: Find Scholarly & Popular News Articles

Research Resources

Wikipedia
A crowd created encyclopedia, Wikipedia is a great starting point to learn about your topic. You can quickly develop a large list of keywords, names, and concepts that can expand your knowledge. This is not your final destination for research content, but a starting point to find quality resources.

Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Points of View provides the full scope of an issue, controversy or movement. Taking no side, it offers historic reference on the topic, current events, timelines, and references that can allow you to learn more. An excellent starting point for the beginning speech writer!

National Public Radio
Comprehensive, historic and well sourced, NPR is a great place to find important names, organizations and sources.

UMD Library's Articles & Books
Articles & Books searches several library databases and the catalog all at once. Use the limiters on the right-hand side to narrow your search or request items from other UMN campuses.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier offers almost 5000 full text journals + many popular magazines and newspapers. This is a great starting database for the generalist & first time searcher.
Google Scholar -- UMD Students, Faculty & Staff This link opens in a new window
Locate and access peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly sources. For access to FindIt off campus or on wireless devices add the University of Minnesota Duluth to your Library Links in the Google Scholar settings.
Google Scholar is accessible by the public.

Duluth News Tribune, 1995-Current (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Access to the Duluth News Tribune is provide through our subscription to Access World News. Coverage from December 2018 moving forward is full-color reproduction of original documents.
Star Tribune, 2008-Current (ProQuest Recent Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so they have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc. There is a 3-month embargo on access to new issues.
New York Times, 1980-Current (ProQuest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
New York Times (Late Edition, East Coast), New York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine.
Wall Street Journal, 1984-Current (ProQuest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Search for articles from the WSJ (1984 - present). You may also browse by date of publication.
ProQuest News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Do you want to search a lot of news sources at once? ProQuest News & Newspapers searches across a vast number of outlets, wires and sources at once.