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Public Policy Research Sources (SPP)

This guide provides access to recommended research resources for public policy

News Databases

Need to get the latest news or articles? Use these databases to access local, state, national and international news sources.

Lexis Nexis
Please note Pepperdine subscribes to NexisUni, the academic version of LexisNexis.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.

Major Newspapers

Access to Library Licensed versions of key newspapers.

New York Times (NYTimes.com)
**Access requires logging in with a Pepperdine email on the NY Times homepage. Find step-by-step log-in instructions on the access guide to log in. **
Los Angeles Times
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to now.
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.

Washington Post
Click the "Search within this publication" feature on the left side of the page to keyword search (or the date breakout provided on the landing page to browse issues by date).

Local and Global News Sites

LA Weekly
Use the News limit on the Advanced Archives Search to avoid restaurant and entertainment related articles, unless that is what you need.
Keesing's Record of World Events
A news digest, compiling the world's most significant political, social and economic events by the end of the month following that in which they occurred.

Los Angeles Blogs

Government News Sources

GCN Government Computer News
News about all things Tech and the Government. Includes links to recent government reports on topics like cloud computing, data centers, pda's.
Federal Computer Week
News, special reports, white papers on government IT.
The Hill
Published daily while Congress is in session. LexisNexis Congressional has full text coverage back to 1995.

Last Updated: Mar 15, 2024 4:37 PM
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