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About Keesing's World News Archive

Subject "Keesing's was founded in 1931 with the intention of creating a lasting archive of original, accurate, and objective articles on the world's political, social, and economic events. Our team of experienced news writers and editors (based in Cambridge, UK) create a series of concise, clear articles which we publish every month, providing our readers with a digestible but detailed summary of global news." (from database homepage) NOTE: Only 2003-present is available full-text online; that will be changing to 2008-present. For the full text of prior years, please use the print edition.
Sources See above.
Dates Covered 1931 - present.
Help Documents Available within databases; click on Help button.
Print Counterpart (backfiles) Keesing's record of world events
Provider Keesings Worldwide, LLC
Access On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses.
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