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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.