HUSL Library: Researching Across Disciplines: News

Researching Across Disciplines

Research Guide Description

This research guide pulls together resources available to all Howard University students, with a special focus on resources that may be useful to law students conducting multidisciplinary research, especially social science research, for their seminar papers.

Access news articles and current awareness publications by searching these resources:

Economist, on Westlaw
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the Economist through Westlaw, with coverage from 2003 to present.
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Direct link when already logged into Westlaw.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text database containing newspapers, magazines, journals, and newsletters of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Designed to provide the other side of the story, Ethnic NewsWatch titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press. Alongside the current module, the complete collection also includes Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Howard University: National and International News and Media Resources
Contains a list of news resources with links to their websites.
Law360
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the Law360 through Lexis.
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Law360 is the only news source that covers the entire spectrum of practice areas every single business day. Law360 covers:
• Every major litigation development in the U.S. federal district courts
• Every major lawsuit filed against the world’s 2,000 top companies
• Every major opinion handed down in the U.S. federal courts
• Every major development in class actions and multidistrict litigation
• Every major transaction involving the top 250 U.S. law firms
• Every major hire at the top 800 U.S. law firms
• Every major initiative by state, federal and international legislature

Direct link when already logged into Lexis.
New York Times, on Lexis
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the New York Times through Lexis, with coverage from 1969 to present.
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Direct link when already logged into Lexis.
UNWomenWatch
Curated news and events on gender equality from across the United Nations
Wall Street Journal, on Lexis
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the Wall Street Journal through Lexis, with coverage from 1979 to present.
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Direct link when already logged into Lexis.
Washington Post, on Lexis
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the Washington Post through Lexis, with coverage from 1977 to present.
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Direct link when already logged into Lexis.
Washington Post, on Westlaw
HUSL students, faculty, and staff have access to the Washington Post through Westlaw, with coverage from 1978 to present.
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Find Legal News by Publisher on Lexis

Video on how to narrow into the Legal News collection on Lexis to open specific publications organized by publisher. Created as a teaching tool in an upper level seminar, taught on October 11, 2018.

Access the Washington Post on Lexis

Video showing how to access and search the Washington Post on Lexis. Created as a teaching tool in an upper level seminar, taught on October 11, 2018.

Browse the A-Z List of Journals, Magazines, & Newsletters on Westlaw

Video on how to narrow into the Journals, Magazines, & Newsletters collection on West to access the A-Z listing of specific publications. Created as a teaching tool in an upper level seminar, taught on October 11, 2018.

Updated: February 2020.