Background

•  America's News
  Over 50 NC newspapers such as The (Raleigh) News & Observer (1990-present), The Charlotte Observer (1985-present), The (Durham) Herald-Sun (1995-present), The Greensboro News & Record  (1990-present), and The Winston-Salem Journal (1997-present).


• The Park Library has over 40 North Carolina newspapers in print, including the Charlotte Observer, the Fayetteville Observer-Times, the Henderson Times-News, the Lenoir News Topic, the (Raleigh) News & Observer, and the (Wilmington) Star-News, and the Winston-Salem Journal. We keep issues for several weeks.


• LexisNexis
  National and international newspapers, news transcripts from TV and radio, and company financial reports. 1980s-current.


• Newspaper Source Plus
  Over 1,500 US and foreign newspapers, including 50 from North Carolina. News transcripts from TV and radio.  

Statistics

• Income, Expenditures, Poverty, & Wealth
  From the 2012 Statistical Abstract. Data through 2009 or 2010; earlier data available online & in the Park Library. Also contains data on Banking, Finance, & Insurance, Health & Nutrition, and Labor Force, Employment, & Earnings.


• Statista
  Data on on topics such as food stamps, oil production, social media use, and much more.

Fact-checking Sites

• FactCheck.org Project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center
• PolitiFact Sorting out the truth in politics, from the St. Petersburg Times
• The Fact Checker from the Washington Post
• OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics from the Center for Responsible Politics
• Project Vote Smart "relevant, unbiased information on over 40,000 candidates and officials"
• Fact Check articles from the Associated Press
• Locally: Fact Check newsobserver.com blogs

See Also

• Newspaper Articles Online
  Even more resources for finding online news through the UNC Library.


• North Carolina News
  Resources for finding North Carolina News, both current and historic.


• Television News Online
  Links to find TV News programs online, including access to the NBC News Archives.