Media Sources

• Rough & Tumble -- Online www.rtumble.com/. "A daily snapshot of California public policy and politics."
• CalNews.com -- Online www.calnews.com/. California news service.
• Political Pulse --   Print. Twice a month. "The newsletter of California politics and government."
• CALPEEK, California Political Week --  Print.
• California Journal -- Print and online in LexisNexis Academic.  Monthly. Leading review of California politics and policy. Ceased publication with the Jan. 2005 issue. Indexed in CDL's "Expanded Academic ASAP" database
• The Hotline -- Online nationaljournal.com/pubs/hotline/). Key insider newsletter on national politics.
• Politics1.com -- Online www.politics1.com/. One of many sites tracking national politics and elections.
• Roll Call -- Print (and online in Lexis-Nexis Academic/District of Columbia News Sources). Weekly. "The newspaper of Capitol Hill."
• The Hill -- Print (and online in Lexis-Nexis Academic/District of Columbia News Sources). Weekly. "The Capitol newspaper."
• The Rothenberg Political Report -- Print. Weekly. "A nonpartisan analysis of American politics and elections."
• The Political Animal --  Print.  Monthly. 
• Lexis-Nexis Academic -- Online web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/form/academic/s_guidednews.html. The Lexis-Nexis full-text online news service for academic users. Includes hundreds of newspaper, legal, and business information sources.
  To search leading newspapers across the U.S. (e.g., New York Times, Washington Post), select General News in the "Step One: Select a News Category" box. Then select Major Papers in the "Step Two: Select a News Source" box.
  To search newspapers in California or the west, select U.S. News in the "Step One: Select a News Category" box. Then select California News Sources or Western Regional Sources in the "Step Two: Select a News Source" box.
  Enter appropriate keywords in the "Step Three" boxes.
  Set the Date Range in Step Four; the default is "Previous six months."
  From the navigation bar on the main search page also try Reference, then Biographical Information for profiles of incumbents and candidates.
• Access World News (U.S. Newspapers) -- Online info.newsbank.com. Full-text access to 300 U.S. newspapers, over 25 from California, including the Los Angeles Times from 1985 onward and the Sacramento Bee from 1984 onward. Lexis-Nexis includes only the most recent six months of the Los Angeles Times, and the Sacramento Bee only from Jan. 2002 onward.
• SF Gate Search -- Online www.sfgate.com/search/. Full-text access to the San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner from 1995 onward.
• [Other News Options] -- Most newspapers and local TV news bureaus now put highlights of current news on the Web--limited backfiles in most cases. Check these lists for newspaper and TV news sites:

NewsLink: www.newslink.org/news.html

NewspaperLinks - Newspaper Association of America: www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

Internet Public Library Online Newspapers: www.ipl.org/reading/news/

U.S. Television Station Search (TvRadioWorld): www.tvradioworld.com/

• Newspapers & Microform Collection, ground floor, Main Library. Receives over 200 newspapers on microfilm. Use microfilm versions for graphics (pictures, charts, etc.); full-text services such as Lexis-Nexis are text only.
• Newspaper Directory: Newslink (American Journalism Review)
• TV Station Directory: California (Zap2it.com)

Northern California