GEO 206 Geography of Oregon: Portland/Oregon News
What is news good for?
News sources --
- provide timely information on a topic and may be the only source of information on a very recent event (other than social media);
- often provide useful background information to help you understand the big picture;
- can provide a sense of popular opinion about a certain issue and usually reflect a variety of points of view as journalists try to avoid bias;
- often contain first-hand accounts of people who experienced an event or are impacted by an issue;
- are usually written by professional journalists (who are only as credible as the sources they use) and reviewed by an editor.
Oregonian Access
The oregonlive.com web site provides free full-text access to many Oregonian articles from the last few years. The Multnomah County Public Library also provides online full text access to the Historical Oregonian (1861-1987) and current Oregonian (1987-present) to all cardholders.
Search the Oregon Newspaper Index which indexes (but does not provide full-text access to) over 845,000 articles in the Oregonian newspaper from 1851-1987. This index is maintained by the University of Oregon.
Portland-Area College Newspapers
Historical Newspapers
- Historical Oregon NewspapersOn this site you can search and access complete content for historic Oregon newspapers that have been digitized as part of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP). This full-text searchable database contains almost 2,400,000 pages from Oregon newspapers dated 1846 - 2023.
Oregon Newspapers & Magazines
- OregonianSome articles will be behind paywalls. PCC only has a subscription to the print Oregonian.
- Institute for Non-Profit News Listings for OregonListing of additional non-profit news organizations in Oregon.
Other Places to Search for Oregon News
- US Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowFull text newspapers from five U.S. national and regional newspapers: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowFull text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, news wires, newspaper columns as well as 24 TV and radio news transcripts. Also contains indexing and abstracts for national newspapers.
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