Research Guides: Advanced Contemporary Policy: Interpersonal Violence 19:910:584: Current Events

Introduction

To locate an article on a current event for the Current Events assignment, search in one or more of the newspaper databases listed below.

Access World News
NJ Star Ledger and other local papers, as well as national and global publications.
Westlaw Campus Research
Current New York Times and Washington Post can be searched in this database, as well as many other news publications.
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To search for a specific title inWestlaw:
pr("new york times") and your additional keywords
pr("washington post") and your keywords

Example: pr("new york times") and flu pandemic
Factiva
The current Wall Street Journal is available through this database. New York Times and Washington Post are also accessible via Factiva.
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To search, enter rst=(code for the newspaper) and your search terms.
Codes: Washington Post-wp; Times-nytf; Wall Street Journal-j
Examples:
rst=wp and flu epidemic
rst=nytf and flu epidemic
rst=j and flu epidemic
New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Washington Post (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)