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Regional Guides
Looking for a specific country or region? Choose one of the guides below.
- East Asian StudiesCovers China, Japan, and Korea; also includes topical research guides related to East Asia.
General News Sources - Available through KU Libraries
- New York TimesOffers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issues. 1851 up to two years ago.
- Wall Street JournalFull-text coverage from 1984 to present. Note: KU also owns the Wall Street Journal archives dating back to 1889. Check the database list.
- BBC Country Profiles Media LinksBBC Country Profiles provide links to major media outlets in each country. Browse for the country, then select "Media."
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to regional, national, and interenational news up to the last 20 years; Full-text company news & financial information; full-text federal, state & international legal materials; full-text and abstracted medical & health information; general reference sources. [Content mostly in English; some vernacular]
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowFeatures thousands of U.S. and global news sources, including wire services, popular magazines, newspapers, and much more.
- Gale General OneFile This link opens in a new windowContains full text content from thousands of national, international, state and local newspapers. Dates of coverage: 1980 to present.
- World News ConnectionWorld News Connection provides timely and pertinent open-source material from non-U.S. media sources 1997-2013 Successor to the FBIS Daily Reports. Material provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by analysts from the Open Source Center's (OSC) domestic and overseas bureaus. Successor to the daily reports from the Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) and reports from the Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) . Content focuses primarily on military, political, environmental, scientific, technical, and social spheres.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports This link opens in a new windowFBIS Daily Reports have been the United States' principal historical record of political open source intelligence for nearly 70 years. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. The dates of coverage for the daily reports are 1941-1974 and annexes from 1974 to 1996.
- EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service)ISI Emerging Markets Group incorporates CEIC and EMIS, renowned globally as the leading providers of data, analysis and research for the world's fastest growing and highest potential countries.
- International Coalition on NewspapersFreely accessible database of bibliographic information for more than 25,000 newspaper titles from participating institutions.
Historical Newspapers
- Historical Worldwide Newspapers OnlineIncludes most regions except Central Asia and the Middle East.
