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World News Databases

Here are some recommended databases that collect news from around the world. Each database has a different user interface. Contact your Personal Librarian for more information on how to use advanced features

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexi Uni has three primary collections: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window Includes Access World News, Access UN, America's Historical Imprints, Electronic Image Editions, and Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports and Index.
ProQuest International Newsstream This link opens in a new window A collection of more than 600 of the world's top newspapers and wire feeds. For nearly all of them, complete articles are available in text format. The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, and The Asian Wall Street Journal are just a few of the sources included.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Limited to 5 concurrent users. Provides worldwide full-text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data

Qatar News Sources

Here are some popular regional newspapers. Use the Journal or Database search option to find more full text regional newspapers

Al Jazeera - Arabic / Full-Text Al-Jazeera News in Arabic
Al Rayah An Arabic, general interest daily newspaper from Qatar. Available in print and electronic.
Al Sharq An Arabic, general interest daily newspaper from Qatar. Available in print and electronic.
Gulf Times An English, general interest daily newspaper from Qatar. Available in print and electronic.
The Peninsula An English, general interest daily newspaper from Qatar. Available in print and electronic.

Regional News

Alarabiya A general interest periodical, focused primarily upon the United Arab Emirates and the region.
Al Aswat (Aswat al-Iraq) A general interest daily periodical from Iraq that includes articles in both Arabic and English.
Gulf Research Center / Full-Text Bilingual (English/Arabic) resource providing news and analysis relevant to the Persian Gulf region. Includes news provided by global news providers and sources in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Oman.

Mideast Wire This link opens in a new window Concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.
GU faculty & staff can subscribe to daily digest emails by emailing mideastwire.com from your GU email account

GU-Q: Newspapers at Georgetown

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