In economics, news articles are often used when there is a lack of academic literature. Newspapers show what was the current interest and thinking at a particular time. One can also use news articles to find explanations for anomalies in datasets.
UCT Libraries subscribes to PressReader, a database that provides access to over 7000 publications from more than 55 countries (including South Africa). Access covers the most recent 6 months and content may be browsed by country, language or title. Access is via the A-Z list of databases.
In addition, UCT Libraries has access to several databases that index newspapers from around the globe. These are:
This slide show demonstrates how to find a newspaper articles using LexisNexis