Key Databases for Journalism Faculty and Students

The databases below are a selective list of those most useful for Journalism School students and faculty. For a full listing of all databases licensed for use by Columbia University Libraries, please refer to the Databases page on LibraryWeb.

All resources listed below are Columbia access only.

News: General - News: Special Topics - Images - Biographies - Directories - Texts - Stats

News Databases: General

• Factiva -- full-text news stories and latest data on companies and financial markets.
• LexisNexis Academic -- full-text coverage of general news, business, legal, governmental and other topics.
• ProQuest Direct -- full-text, citations, and abstracts from periodicals in many disciplines plus major U.S. newspapers.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers -- full-text historical articles from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

News Databases: Special Topics

• Alt-PressWatch -- full-text articles from alternative press publications.
• The Economist Intelligence Unit -- EIU publications including Country Reports, regional newsletters, and an economic time series database for 115 countries.
• Ethnic NewsWatch -- full-text newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from the ethnic, minority and native press in the U.S.
• Greenwire: the Environmental News Daily -- environmental news worldwide.
• ISI Emerging Markets -- full-text news and financial information from emerging market countries.
• Jane's Online -- the leading source for defense and military information.
• World News Connection -- summaries and translations of news sources from around the world.

Images

• American Memory -- a rich collection of images and full-text documents relating to U.S. history and culture from the Library of Congress.
• AP Photo Archive -- Associated Press photo archive.
• Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 [New York/New Jersey] -- fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company.
• Maps on File On-line -- easily reproducible maps, worldwide.

Biographies

• American National Biography -- biographies of notable men and women from all eras of American history.
• Biography and Genealogy Master Index -- citations for biographical information in books, encyclopedias, articles, directories, etc.
• Biography Index -- citations for biographical articles, books, and other publications.
• Biography Resource Center with Marquis Who's Who -- full-text biographies of persons living and deceased from all over the world.
• Contemporary Authors -- a bio-bibliographical guide covering more than 90,000 current writers in a wide range of media.

Directories

• Encyclopedia of Associations/Associations Unlimited -- descriptions of over 144,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local associations in all fields.

Texts

• Books 24 x 7 (IT Pro Collection) -- full-text electronic books with a focus on information technologies.
• JSTOR -- full-text articles from more than 160 scholarly journals.
• LexisNexis Congressional -- index and abstracts for U.S. Congressional materials, with links to full-text.
• The Nation Digital Archive -- searchable full text and page images of a major U.S. journal of left/liberal opinion, 1865-1999.
• NetLibrary -- full-text of over 10,000 books from university and commercial publishers.

Statistics Sources

• Infoshare Online -- a database of statistics about New York City.
• CensusScope -- makes navigating data from the U.S. Census easier. Includes maps, rankings, and trends.
• LexisNexis Statistical -- statistics on all subjects, U.S. and international.
• TableBase -- business statistics and accompanying full-text articles.