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We have access to ProQuest and newspapers.com. Where can I get past information about developing countries, since newspapers in some countries like India and Nigeria are known for promotion.

For specific countries, Latin America particularly is what i’m curious about.

Thanks, -1ctinus📝🗨 22:49, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, scholarly sources are generally ideal. Google Scholar is useful for finding open-access scholarly papers. You can also see if you qualify for Wikipedia Library. Google Books is good for getting leads on books, though I'd generally recommend seeking some way to get the full book if you intend to use it, maybe through a library of some kind. There are some resources that are specific to certain countries as well. For example, I know INEHRM publishes a lot of high-quality (Spanish-language) scholarly resources on Mexican history and that they're frequently available to the public as easily-accessibly PDFs. You could check with the relevant country's Wikiproject to see if they are aware of similarly useful sources specific to the region you're working on. Finally, if you're curious about the veracity of a specific source, you can look it up on the reliable sources noticeboard or ask about it yourself. Hope this is helpful! Spookyaki (talk) 00:26, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NPPSG has an incomplete but useful list of sources and their reliability organized by location! ... sawyer * any/all * talk 04:29, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! -1ctinus📝🗨 10:20, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful contest--can we associate wikiprojects?

This is great, as we at WP:ELIT are actively working to develop articles about electronic literature in developing countries. Could we participate as a project to list articles? Our regular editathon in July is going to focus on Indian electronic literature... @ME(hu)lit Thank youLoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 13:37, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]