State of the Union Address Major Issues Finding Newspapers Definitions Locating Alternative Press Titles in the Library  Websites Citing Sources

 

State of the Union Address

 

• A text version of the 2008 State of the Union Address

 

 

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Major Issues

 

• Some major issues presented in the address
  • Immigration
  • Health Care
  • Iraq
  • Environment
  • Medicare
  • Economy
  • Middle East

 

 

 

 

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Finding Newspapers

 

 

• These databases are for finding newspaper articles
• They are available 24/7 ONLY to Ramapo students
• Off campus use requires login: Ramapo email and password

Newspaper Databases
Lexis-Nexis	Has tons of mainstream and some alternative newspapers,  magazines, and voices  in full text Tip: To search for OPED, Opinion, or Editorial sections, include it in your search For Example: immigration and (Oped or opinion or editorial)
Proquest Newspapers	Includes the fulltext of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal Tip: Open the "more search options" tab and choose "Editorial" next to "Document Type" to narrow your search.
Academic Search Premier	Includes alternative press titles: Mother Jones and Harper's Magazine Tip: In Advance Search Mode, limit to the publication name (in the middle of the screen) For Example: immigration and opinion would be how your search could look
Proquest Social Science Journals	Includes the alternative title " Monthly Review"   Tip:Open the "more search options" tab and browse titles for "Monthly Review" then choose "Editorial" next to "Document Type" to narrow your search.

 

 

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Definitions

• Mainstream Media: corporate-owned , mass, nationally, distributed media
  • Examples: NYT, Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time Magazine, US News and World Report, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Boston Globe
• Alternative Media: media owned independently and not by a large corporation
  • Examples: The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times, EXTRA, Z Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Covert Action Information Bulletin, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books,

 

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Locating Alternative Press Titles in the Library

 

• Use the Journal Finder to locate the full-text of a title in our library

   

 

 

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 Websites

 

• AltPress: tremendous site for alternative press titles. Take a title from here and check it in the journal finder to locate it in our library.

 

• Commondreams: source for alternative news sources with links to other sources

 

• Cursor

 

• Zmag: The online version of Z-Magazine with opinions from alternative news sources

 

• Project Censored 

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Citing Sources

 

• Use the Citing Websites and Print Sources for "Works Cited" citation style guidance

 

 

• Use Citing Sources for examples of "In-Text Citations" and "Works Cited"