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Sociology: Sociology & the Media

Sources for finding the way the media presents social issues, as well as sources for evaluating media (demographics, audience, rankings, perspectives, etc.).

Newspaper Sources

A. Newspaper Databases

For commercial databases, to which College of William & Mary libraries subscribe, follow this path:

1, Start at Swem Library's home page: https://libraries.wm.edu

2. Click RESEARCH, then choose Library Databases

3. Click on the category News and Current Events

B. Other Newspaper Sources

Internet Public Library
links to lots of newspaper websites
Newspaper Sources (Special Libraries Association)
U.S. Newspapers links and archives (Special Libraries Association)
Paper of Record
images of 300 international newspapers; requires a paid membership.
NEWSEUM's website's "front pages"
Library of Congress Chronicling America Newspaper Project
The Flat Hat archives
The College of William and Mary's main student newspaper.