Library

Newspapers

Below are suggested resources to use when looing for newspaper articles.

Finding Articles | Getting Fulltext

Finding Articles

Search the following indexes to find articles on the topic of Newspapers. See individual Resources by Subject guides for more specific indexes covering topics within the broader field of Newspapers.

Boston Globe Index
Ref AI 21 B63 .B44 1987-2000

Boston Globe Index Online
Fulltext and index available from Proquest's Massachusetts Newsstand 1980 to the present.

Boston Herald
Fulltext and index available from Proquest's Massachusetts Newsstand1991-present.

El Mundo
Full text and indexing available from Ethnic NewsWatch: 03/26/1992 to 08/24/1994

Ethnic News Watch
A comprehensive collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press in America - now with expanded international coverage, and archival material back to 1988. Includes 932,000 articles (over 203,000 of them in Spanish) from 275 publications. Includes titles in both English and Spanish.
Approximately 7,500 new articles are added each month. Updated monthly. Dates Covered: 1990 -

Google News Archive Search
Google News Archive Search "provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. In addition to helping you search, News archive search can automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods." It does not always provide free fulltext, so check with a librarian for help accessing fulltext when necessary.

Lexis Nexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research needs. Included are: national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources; U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information; Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news; statistics and medical information.

New York Times Historical
This database offers full-text and full-image articles for 1851-one year ago for The New York Times. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue - cover to cover - in downloadable PDF files. Use the database to find not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. Dates Covered: 1851-One Year Ago

New York Times Index
Ref AI21.N4 N44  1851-2000 

News Links
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
Online news sources from around the world. Site provides a directory of links to news. Primarily newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.

Poynter Online
http://poynteronline.org/
Researching current and older news topics back to January 1995. Compilation of links and bibliographies covers such diverse subjects as international relations, computer viruses, copyright issues, airline safety, the economy, Pope John Paul II, and much more.

Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal is the financial newspaper of record. It offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first-rate coverage of hard news. Dates Covered: 1984 -

Getting Fulltext

Because not all indexes are fulltext--or 100% fulltext--you may have to elsewhere to find an article for which you have a citation. Consult the resources below to find out how to get access to the articles you need.

Page updated: April 17, 2007

 

contact us | staff | hours | ask now