Worldwide News

Pronunciation Guide:

Voice of America Pronunciation Guide to pronunciations for over 2200 individual and place names from around the world. Access by text search, alphabetic list, or country. Each entry includes a phonetic guide to pronunciation and an audio of the correct pronunciation.

Individual News Sources

• BBC News
• Electronic Telegraph Requires registration for access to archive of international news 96 to the present. No fee.
• Foreign Media Reaction a browsable and searchable archive of the foreign media digests from the past two years.
• Gallup Poll public opinion on hot topics.
• OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) News about Countries of Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• Voice of America
• World News Connection: Foreign News on world events summarized and translated into English. Coverage 7/94 - present. Access in Government Publications only. Seek staff assistance for login.

Directories of Online Newspapers and Electronic News Sources

• American Journalism Review includes an extensive list of newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations on the Internet.
• NewsDirectory: A guide to English-language media online.
• NewsMap Worldwide a news catalog of thousands of news sources. Including sections of Business News, Science and Tech News, and Industry News.
• Newspaper Links "provides links to U.S. daily and weekly newspaper home pages and sections, Canadian and international daily newspapers, newspaper groups, associations and other media organizations. We also provide a link to other sites with links to college newspapers and newspaper archives."
• Newspapers on the Internet from Internet Public Library.
• Sympatico: News Express Links to international news sources with an emphasis on Canada.
• WorldNewspapers.com "World newspapers online and news sites in English by region:"

Full Text News Resources from Chinook

The News and Newspapers provides access to databases that contain full text news resources and indices to national and international newspapers.

• InfoTrac OneFile, a source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
• Lexis/Nexis Academic includes text from regional, national, and international newpapers and news services.
• ProQuest Newspapers includes the Asian Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Europe, and the Newstand. The Newstand contains over 150 major U.S. and international newspapers and hundreds of other news sources and newswires.