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Mat-Su College: Writing

A guide for students taking Writing, particularly Writing 111, at Mat-Su College.

When to use newspaper articles

Newspapers appear every day or every few days in thousands of places around the world. Newspaper articles especially useful in two situations:

when you need information on a local event that is not covered in national or global sources
when you need information on something that just happened (whether that's yesterday or a few months ago)

The library has several databases that, taken together, cover thousands of newspapers.

Library newspaper databases

The library has several newspaper databases. Together, these cover thousands of newspapers.

Access World News
Full-text content from local, regional, national, and international newspapers. Also includes content from blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. newspaper, newspapers
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides access to full-text newspaper articles, as well as transcripts from national television and radio news programs. newspaper, newspapers

Search just Alaska newspapers

You can use this link to enter Access World News and search just Alaska newspapers.

Last Updated: Oct 27, 2025 7:10 PM
URL: https://libguides.consortiumlibrary.org/msc_writing
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