Using Newspapers as Sources in Academic Papers

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Using Newspapers as Sources in Academic Papers

Newspapers can be useful to you for the following reasons:

They provide very current information about events, people, places at the time they're published
They allow you to track the development of a story as it unfolds
They can be a good source of editorials, which can assist you in thinking about different sides of an issue
They usually have a particular geographic focus

To find databases that index newspaper articles and/or to find newspaper articles online (contemporary and historical), check the JHU Libraries list of online newspaper databases.