The resources discussed below are based on the University Library's Newspaper and Magazine Databases website, which contains these and other sources.
The current guide is designed to assist W&L researchers to discover coverage in the principal Virginia newspapers -- Roanoke Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk), and Washington Post -- regarding the 2020 round of state legislative redistricting and the current term’s activity on the redistricting commission.
W&L researchers can find articles dating back to at least 1990 in the Roanoke Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) via our subscription to the NewsBank Access World News database.
At the bottom of the opening page is a link to about 125 news sources located in Virginia. Click on that link to restrict your searches to those sources, including the above three newspapers.
At this point, you have two options:
Searching and Saving
It seem likely that the basic search should be: (redistricting OR reapportionment)
Please note you can:
If you want to re-run your search on a regular basis, use the "Create Alert" option above search results to have the database automatically e-mail you new results every day (or other schedule).
Late Addition: Semi-Brilliant Idea
Click on this link to generate a search of the database for (a) articles from the Roanoke Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) that include (b) this search statement in the Opening/Lead paragraph -- (reapportionment OR redistricting) : short-cut link
W&L researchers can find articles dating back to the early 1908's in the Washington Post via our subscription to the Factiva database.
This link to Factiva will generate a list of over 3.3 million Washington Post articles: Washington Post in Factiva
Searching and Saving
After generating the list of Post articles, you need to click on the "Modify Search" button to be able to add search terms:
Enter these search terms: virginia AND (redistricting OR reapportionment)
Please note you can: