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CIST 667 - News Alerts

Library Database Alerts

Nexis Uni

Find news from U.S. and international newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, newswires, and blogs, as well as business profiles, patents, legal research, biography, medicine, and reference
 
See instructions here for setting up alerts.

AltPressWatch

Full-text newspapers and magazines from alternative, independent presses in this multidisciplinary resource for researchers seeking an alternative to mainstream media perspectives.

See instructions here for setting up an account to allow saved searches and custom RSS feeds


Alternative Press Index

Find newspapers, magazines, periodicals, free press or community-based news, some of which chronicles "radical" and left of center perspectives as well as speakers noted from social justice and social change.
 
See instructions here for setting up an account to allow saved searches and custom RSS feeds

Find full text national and international newspapers. Full-text television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Selective full text for U.S. regional newspapers.
 
See instructions here for alerts, saved searches, and RSS feeds

Online News Alerts

Instructions for setting up Google alerts can be found here.

These news readers below offer basic, free subscriptions with a login. All are customizable and provide instructions for set up:

US Government Alerts

Set up alerts on specific bills at congress.gov.

Set up alerts on federal government rule making activities at regulations.gov.

Set up alerts on select government topics at federalregister.gov.

Some government agencies like CISA allow you to set up targeted alerts. That varies by agency, so check their site if relevant.

Newspapers Directly Accessible via the Library

Financial Times

Current UAlbany students, faculty, and staff at the University at Albany can activate their complimentary memberships by visiting ft.com/sunyalbany


New York Times Online

Current UAlbany students, faculty, and staff at the University at Albany can activate their complimentary memberships by visiting Access NYT

Wall Street Journal Online

Students, faculty, and staff at the University at Albany can activate their complimentary memberships by visiting WSJ.com/UAlbany.