LibGuides: Occupy Movement Research Guide: Mainstream/Popular Press

Selected Publications with Coverage of the Movement

Some people say the best part of Occupy is how it confuses the mainstream media.

Mainstream News Databases & Portals

These databases allow you to search across many newspapers at once, and/or search back through history on media coverage of topics related to the Occupy Movement - like the Arab Spring for instance. Some of them also include many international newspapers.

Canadian Major Dailies
A searchable full-text database of major Canadian daily newspapers. Includes Calgary Herald (1988-), Edmonton Journal (1989-), Halifax Daily News (1990-), Montreal Gazette (1985-), National Post (1998-), Ottawa Citizen (1985-), Toronto Star (1985-), Vancouver Sun (1987-)
Factiva
Provides access to over 1,000 newspapers including the full text of the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and National Post. Also includes approximately 6,500 magazines, including industry-specific journals and newsletters. Non-English publications also available.
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (CBCA)
An index to over 50 Canadian newspapers, magazines, newswires and broadcaster transcripts. Also includes some American and British publications that cover current events (e.g. The Economist, U.S. News & World Report).
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
Searchable database of all full text articles, including images, from 1851 to 2016.
Nexis Uni
Full-text access to over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources from around the world. Tutorial
Google News
can search and browse 4,500 news sources; articles from the last 30 days ; front page is auto-generated

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See also:

Guide to Finding Newspapers