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Read the latest news and current affairs

Several reputable newspapers have websites with a lot of free content; e.g. The Guardian's online content is completely free, without premium fees. You can also use the library's databases to find current online content of many papers and magazines. This libguide includes instructions on how to use two of these databases, Factiva and Nexis Uni, to find current news. Click on the tabs for detailed instructions.

in Factiva you can find Forbes, El Pais, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. Additionally, Factiva's News Pages give an easy overview of current headlines of major newspapers and magazines.
in Nexis Uni you can find Der Spiegel, NRC, Volkskrant, The Daily Telegraph, and many more.

The library also provides online access to:

The Economist,
Le Monde Diplomatique,
The New York Times and its mobile app*,
The Wall Street Journal,
and unlimited mobile access to all Financial Times FT.com digital content.

*Please note that Library access is limited due to Corona-measures* Alternatively, browse various national and international print newspapers and weekly news magazines at the University Library on the ground floor, opposite the Information Desk (West 0). Magazines are placed in magazine racks at the reading desks and updated weekly. In the nearby newspaper stand you can find daily updated newspapers. Titles include, among others:

Het Algemeen Dagblad
Het Financieel Dagblad
De Telegraaf
Trouw
De Volkskrant
The Financial Times
The Economist
The Guardian

* The NY Times app requires a one-time registration while connected to the EUR network (on campus or via EduVPN). Use this link to register.

Dive into the news archives

Find archived newspapers and other news sources in one of our many newspaper/news databases, ranging from sources over 100 years old to today's paper. Among these databases are:

ABI/Inform Complete
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Over 3000 worldwide, academic and professional, periodicals covering management, social sciences, history and media, since 1971.

ProQuest's ABI Inform Global offers journal and news articles, research, trade- & industry and country reports and dissertations. It also has a substantial archive.

The information in ABI Inform Global is primarily focused on the US, but increasingly also on Europe and Asia.

Date Range: 1991 - present (full text); 1971 - present (index & abstracts)
Related database: Business Source Premier
Also known as: Business Premium Collection
Delpher
Comprehensive collection of Dutch newspapers (up to 1995), magazines, radio bulletins and books, digitized by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands.
Factiva
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Factiva contains business information and news from local and global newspapers like the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, trade journals, magazines and newswires like Dow Jones, Reuters and the Associated Press.
Nexis Uni
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Database with access to full-text newspaper articles and other news sources (Dutch and international).

Nexis Uni News contains major world publications (for example Financial Times), newspapers (including Dutch newspapers,such as De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad and Het Financieele Dagblad) and news wires like PR Newswire.
Also included is company information, law reviews and cases
Please note: Legal news, Law reviews and legal cases are mostly American.
Date range: The date range and update schedule differs per source. However, as the collection only contains born-digital material, the oldest items are from around 1990.
Related databases: Factiva; Het Financieele Dagblad; Delpher
ProQuest historical newspapers
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Full-text coverage of The New York Times (1851-2017), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), The Wall Street Journal (1889-2003), and The Times of India (1838-2010).

Apart from the Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), the archives of the other newspapers are annually expanded with 12 months of content.

Related database: The Times Digital Archive

Or check out the subject specific LibGuides on news for Business & Management (RSM), History, and Law

Current trials

Gale General OneFile
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Provides access to content from periodicals and news media from 1980 up to today, both text based as well as audiovisual. More than 40% of the content is unique to the database.

A key feature of the Advanced Search option is that you can filter on very specific document (=content) types: from Advertisement and Aerial photography to Speech and Television programs.
Gale OneFile: News
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Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. Of almost 50% of the titles the newest editions are available full-text, including The Economist, The Washington Post (since 2014) and the Global Times (China, since 2018).

Feel free to give your feedback on these trials by pressing 'Email Me' in the contact box.