Online Resource of the Week

Nexis Uni Database

Free! San Diego Union Tribune Articles

Available in full-text through the Library's Articles and Databases page.

I saw "the Trib" through Nexis Uni on our database page the other day and played around with it for a bit. Wanted to bring it to your attention if you haven't checked it out yet. Some details below.

Note: it only goes back through December 1983. It has a little bit of a funny search page but if you take the time to read the descriptions of what searches are actually doing it makes sense. It is just laid out very literally for the user and who knows, maybe students might find this approach helpful. Of course there are a number of ways you can narrow and refine your search and it has the usual tools for printing, emailing, and exporting citations. It also has the option to use Google translate on any page so it can be viewed in 100+ languages. Pretty cool!

I ran an exact phrase search for "Junior Seau" and received 971 articles available in full text dating back to 1995; with the most recent being from today's paper, Saturday, October 6.

This resource is available to all currently enrolled SWC students, faculty and staff.

The San Diego Union Tribune 
Publisher: Tribune Publishing Publications
Coverage: From December 5, 1983 through current
Frequency: Daily/Monday - Sunday;
Update Schedule: Same day
Description: Access to certain freelance articles and other features within this publication (i.e. photographs, classifieds, etc.) may not be available.

The San Diego Tribune was formed in 1992 by the merger of The San Diego Union, established in 1868, and the San Diego Tribune, established in 1895. It is an all-day paper with multiple morning and afternoon editions Monday through Friday and morning weekend editions. Additional zone additions are added on Thursday and Saturday. Special subject emphasis is placed on San Diego, southern California, the military, Latin America, and international relations with Mexico.

Review by Nate Martin, SWC Librarian