Databases to find newspapers:
(1975-present)

LexisNexis 
Dow Jones 
ABI/Inform 
Ethnic NewsWatch 

For more information:

Newspapers for the Arts and the Humanities &
Social Sciences

Newspapers contain:

• background information

• current social science statistics: health, employment, crime, economic indicators, etc.

• information on public opinion

• biographical information on politicians and other well-known figures

EXAMPLE: (2000, July 7). Hispanics Increase in the Workforce; Midwest Sees Swell of Immigrants in its Labor Pool. Kansas City Star, p. C1.