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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 Wall Street Journal
and unlimited mobile access to all Financial Times FT.com digital content.

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

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 (1851-2015), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), and The Wall Street Journal (1889-2001).

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