REL 250: New Religions in America: Newspapers, Streaming Media, & Websites

Find global information on topics related to business and economics, careers, criminal justice, education, environmental studies, health, international studies, performing and fine arts, political science, religion, social issues, sports, STEM and more

Replaces Dow Jones Interactive, Company & Industry Reports, Stock Information, Business Newstand & Publications Library - quotes, market data, analysis, international news, fulltext articles from newspapers and periodicals

Full text access and image access to more thank 10,000 newspapers from the U.S. and worldwide. Access includes both historical and current day's news which includes the Roanoke Times, from 1990 to the current day.

The Newspapers.com -Southeast Collection archive offers historical coverage to full page newspaper images with searchable full-text for millions of pages of historical newspapers (1766 -2023) in the southeastern region of the United States.

The collection also contains award-winning documentaries, featuring dramatic reenactments and engaging analysis from prominent scholars and experts. Early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel capture history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time.

Begun in 1987, the collection contains over 217,000 hours of programming.

A web-based streaming media platform that permits one to view videos online from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7. Thousands of videos are available for in-class use and remote viewing from the library, in the dorm, or at home.

"This library contains digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download."

A mediated streaming film service that provides access to individual films licensed by Fintel Library at the request of RC faculty.

The site "provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH."

"The ARDA Data Archive is a collection of surveys, polls, and other data submitted by researchers and made available online by the ARDA. There are over 1,000 data files included in the ARDA collection. You can browse files by category, alphabetically, view the newest additions, most popular files, or search for a file. Once you select a file you can preview the results, read about how the data were collected, review the survey questions asked, save selected survey questions to your own file, and/or download the data file."