For academic writing, you'll usually incorporate news and facts as supplemental sources. To research and publish academic work usually takes years, so you will not likely find scholarly books or articles on current issues. News, government, and other credible sources can help bridge this gap. Facts and statistics, such as polls or company information, can also supplement academic sources as appropriate. You might also use news articles as the content for your own original research, perhaps by conducting a content analysis.
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The Accessible Archives collection within History Commons includes text primary sources from 18th and 19th century America, mainly newspapers, including the Pennsylvania Gazette, the Virginia Gazette, Godey's Lady's Book, Frederick Douglass Paper, a collection of South Carolina Newspapers, and a collection of African American newspapers
The full text of hundreds of U.S. newspapers from more than 35 states published by African Americans, dating from 1827 to 1998.
This resource replaces the now defunct American FactFinder. This is the U.S. Census Bureau's main vehicle for distributing U.S. census data, including economic censuses and surveys and annual population estimates. Population, housing, economic and geographic data can be found here.