How to Find Newspaper Articles
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TIP: Some newspapers are published in more than one edition each day. There may be early editions, final editions, regional editions, and on the newspaper's web site, articles may be continuously posted or revised. This guide provides information about obtaining content from only one of the possible editions of a given newspaper, usually the edition that the newspaper itself considers the "edition of record."
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Research databases
Providing the full text or an index to the content of many newspapers:
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| Database |
Description |
Updated |
Coverage |
Full Text |
News Sources Covered |
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Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
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Provides the full text of many newspapers published in the U.S. and other countries, news wire services, radio and television transcripts, U.S. case law and codes, government documents, company reports, and related materials. |
Daily |
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Some |
Hundreds of newspapers, including USA Today, National Public Radio, Associated Press, ABC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Daily Herald, and Chicago Sun-Times. Does not include the Wall Street Journal or Chicago Tribune. |
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Newspaper Abstracts
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Provides citations and abstracts to articles in fifty U.S. newspapers (serves as an online index to these newspapers). |
Weekly |
1989-present. |
None |
List of newspapers covered. |
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Newspaper Source
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Provides citations of articles from U.S. and international newspapers, and television and radio transcripts. |
Daily |
1994-present. |
Some |
List of news sources covered. |
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Individual newspapers TIP: Check the newspaper's web site to see what is available to you freely online.
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com Paper
(in Buswell Reading Room) | Today's paper and several months of back issues. | | Online Full Text | 1851-3 years prior to present in the New York Times Online
1851-1922, 1987-present in the New York Times Archives
June 1, 1980-present in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe | Microfilm
(Microfilm area, main level) | 1851-present. | | Online Index | January 1, 1969-present in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
August 22, 1986-present, in Newspaper Abstracts | Printed Index
(Index area, main level) | 1851-present, call number B 070 N487.
There is a gap in this index for the years 1863-1905. An index for this period is provided on microfilm. |
Wall Street Journal
http://www.wsj.com Paper
(in Buswell Reading Room) | Today's paper and several months of back issues. | Microfilm
(Microfilm area, main level) | 1987-present. | | Online Index | January 5, 1982-present in Newspaper Abstracts | Printed Index
(Index area, main level) | 1987-present, call number B 070 W154. |
Washington Post
http://washingtonpost.com Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com Paper
(in Buswell Reading Room) | Today's paper and several weeks of back issues. | | Online Full Text | Selective full text coverage (i.e., some articles are provided, but not all) from September 5, 1997-present is provided through Newspaper Source. | Microfilm
(Microfilm area, main level) | 1976-1993. Microfilm from 1994-present is available at the Wheaton Public Library. | | Online Index | April 15, 1974-present in Newspaper Abstracts | Printed Index
(Index area, main level) | 1976-1993, call number B 071.7311 C432. |
Times of London
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ Paper
(in Buswell Reading Room) | No paper subscription | | Online Full Text | July 1, 1985-present in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
October 14, 2000-present in Newspaper Source | Microfilm
(Microfilm area, main level) | 1785-present. | Printed Index
(Index area, main level) | 1790-1913, call number B 070 T482p
1914-present, call number B 070 T482pa. |
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