LibGuides: Get Out the BC Vote Guide: News & Analysis

Fact Checking

Fact Check
This is a great site for checking up on political news.
Snopes
This is a site devoted to debunking myths, urban legends and untrue news stories.
Politifact
This is an award-winning site that fact checks political claims.

Open Secrets
This organization is devoted to tracking money in American politics.
Cal-Access: California Secretary of State
Financial information for each candidate.

America's News
Full-text access to 3,650 U.S. news sources
Digital New York Times and Los Angeles Times

Digitized version of Los Angeles and New York Times from 2008 to the present*

*This database has separate moratoriums for each newspaper: For the Los Angeles Times, access is four days behind the current date. For the New York Times, access is 30 days behind the current date.
The New York Times can also be accessed through Gale Academic OneFile with no moratorium.
News: OneFile
Major U.S. and international newspapers, including New York Times from 1985 to the present
Newspaper Source Plus
Full-text coverage of many of today's major newspapers, newswires and news magazines

Bakersfield Californian
The library receives the Californian daily and keeps back issues at the circulation desk for three months. In addition, the Library keeps up to three years of back issues in storage.