Newspapers and news sources: Journalism toolkit
A guide to finding newspapers, news magazines and news sources. It details both current and historical sources that you can access through the University Library or on the web.
Informit TV News
Informit TV News contains news and related current affairs stories and documentaries broadcast by free-to-air networks. Coverage is from September 2007 onwards, and videos are searchable by subject, date or program title. Access Informit TV News via OneSearch.
Data visualisation tools
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Data Visualization, Infographics and Online JournalismJournalist's Toolbox links to data visualisation tools portals and blogs.
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Tableau publicPopular free visualisation tool.
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Visualising DataData Visualisation website/blog about visualisation tools, resources and ideas.
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UWA Text Mining Library GuideA list of tools that can assist with text mining visualisation.
Political and governmental resources
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Hansard - Parliament of Western AustraliaThe official record of parliamentary debates.
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Parliament of Western Australia - Advanced SearchSearch the entire Parliament web site, or limit searches to nominated sections such as Bills, Chamber Documents, Committees or Tabled Papers.
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ParlInfo - Advanced SearchSearch the entire Parliament web site, or limit searches to nominated sections such as Hansard, Bills, Chamber Documents, Committees or Tabled Papers, etc.
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Australian Politics and Elections DatabaseThis website has been created by researchers associated with the University of Western Australia and is intended for anyone who wants to find out general information about Australian parliamentary politics and elections.
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Australian Electoral CommissionInformation resources about the electoral process, levels of government, and voting services. Includes details of electoral divisions, enrolment statistics and past election results.
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Australian Data Archive (ADA)The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of high quality enhanced digital research data for secondary analysis, including a significant collection of Opinion and News Poll data.
UWA staff and students are entitled to download Australian Social Science Data Archive material after completing an 'undertaking' form.
Registered users (registration is free) can also analyse and visualise most data online.
Law Beat
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AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute)Complete texts of all publicly available court and tribunal decisions.
Selected journalism and digital media news blogs and websites
Google resources
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Google TrendsExplore Trending Stories in real time by category and location.
University Research News
The Conversation offers research-informed in-depth analysis and debate on issues affecting our world curated by professional editors. There are a number of different editions from the global university community.
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