You will most likely find some good information in the wide variety of current newspaper databases about your artifact. Remember to refine your search by date.
Good for: Finding news articles from the Los Angeles Times.
Contains: Articles.
Dates covered: 1996-present.
Good for: Searching the text of articles published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Contains: Article text (no images).
Dates covered: 1996-present.
Good for: Finding New York Times articles.
Contains: Articles.
Dates covered: 1980-present. (Includes New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine from 1997 forward.)
Good for: Finding regional news articles and broadcast television transcripts.
Contains: Regional newspapers and transcripts.
Good for: Researching published news, legal, medical, patents, and business information.
Contains: News, legal, medical, and business information.
Good for: Finding current and recent news articles from major U.S. newspapers.
Contains: Articles from newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Dates covered: 1980s-present.
Below are a selection of databases focusing on film, music, television, and speeches. Many of them provide scholarly and peer-reviewed sources and some provide popular and trade sources as well (such as the Rolling Stone Archive & the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive).
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Searching scholarship about the history of the United States and Canada.
Contains: Citations to journal articles and books by historians and social scientists.
Dates covered: 1955 - current.
Good for: Finding academic studies about rock and roll and other popular music around the world, plus interdisciplinary studies of the theory, methodology, and practice of sound.
Contains: Encyclopedia entries, essays, and books.
Good for: Finding scholarship in communication and mass media studies, including journalism and popular culture.
Contains: Journal articles.
Dates covered: 1900-current date
Good for: Studying the music, film, broadcasting, and theater industries.
Contains: Trade publications including Variety, Billboard, and The Hollywood Reporter.
Dates covered: 1880-2015.
Good for: Searching articles that analyze film, television and aspects of popular culture.
Contains: Articles published in scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Good for: Viewing documentary films about topics in international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more.
Contains: Documentary films.
Good for: Reading or searching for articles in Rolling Stone magazine.
Contains: Page images with photos.
Dates covered: 1967-present.
Good for: Searching ebooks on film criticism and screenplays.
Contains: Books and screenplays.
Good for: Finding and using digital images for research and teaching.
Contains: Art digital images and related data.
Here are some examples of the videos available. You can access these and all films using your ACE Account:
