Locating Newspaper Articles
By Topic
Newspaper articles are a type of periodical and can be located using an index, or database. The following databases are great for locating newspaper articles:
| ProQuest |
Covers all disciplines including social science, humanities, arts, literature and so on. Entries contain value-added content from a wide range of sources including newspapers, periodicals and books.
- Years of Publication: Historical and current
- Mostly Full-Text
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| New York Times -- Historical |
The New York Times (1851-2004) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue
• Years of Publication: 1851-2004
• Full-Text
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| Lexis-Nexis - Academic Universe |
Access to hundreds of newspaper s from around the world, plus a wealth of legal, business, medical, and reference information.
- Years of Publication: Coverage varies but generally 1980s to current
- Full-Text
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| Accessible Archives |
Full-text access to a number of American 19th-century journals and newspaper s. Special African-American, Civil War and Pennsylvania coverage.
- Years of Publication: 19th-century
- Full-Text
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| World News Connection |
A news translation service produced by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) for the U.S. Foreign Broadcast Service, a government agency which monitors and translates newspaper s, radio and television broadcasts, and official statements of foreign governments.
- Years of Publication: 1994 to present
- Full-Text
- 5 Simultaneous Users
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By Citation
If you already have a newspaper citation, and need to locate the article, use the following steps:
1. Search the Journal Locator using the title of the newspaper
2. If your newspaper is not listed in the results, search the library catalog
3. If not available in the library catalog, use ILLiad to request the article from another library.
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