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Judith Downie
Humanities Librarian
CSUSM Library
KEL 3424
760-750-4374
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Newspapers are an important form of
primary document. Reports written at the time of the event
frequently contain first-hand accounts and reflect
popular thinking, cultural attitudes, debates and
discussions of the time.
Getting Started When you
consider that newsprint has an approximate shelf-life of 50
years, that explains why so many older newspapers are found
on microfilm (shelf-life of 200 years.) Knowing this doesn't
make microfilm easier to use, but here at CSUSM, we have
indexes to the newspapers when available and have installed
microfilm reader-printers that will allow you to scan and save the
page you are viewing to your H drive or email page scans to
yourself.
This page is devoted to historical newspaper sources. All
newspapers (current or historical) that are available in
full text at CSUSM in either paper, microfilm or electronic
format can be located by a GENRE search in the library
catalog.
Just type the word newspapers in the search box
and change the type of search to genre/form. The list
is returned in alphabetical order by title. If you are
interested in certain types or geographic divisions of
papers, you can do a subject search on 'newspapers' and look
through the available subdivisions that reflect more focused
topics. Here are some examples of subject headings and
sub-headings:
Historical newspaper research in the backfiles (the
term for archival newspapers) is likely to require that
you visit a newspaper 'morgue', the library for the area
you are researching, or the local historical society.
Any of these organizations may provide access to older
issues. Many newspapers are not yet indexed or digitized
and will require consultation with a librarian or
history expert to locate pertinent materials.
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CSUSM Holdings (Local and National) We have the following titles
in full text,
on the 4th floor of the Kellogg Library, unless otherwise
noted. For papers without extensive archives, contact
information has been posted for possible archive access. For
San Diego area papers not listed here,
contact information can be found
here.
Los Angeles Times
(1881- on)
Latest in paper, older issues in the
Microfilm Collection F-2
Also available as searchable database
Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)
New York Times (1857-on)
Latest in paper, older issues in the Microfilm
Collection F-3. You can use the
NYT archives search to access free full text (prior
to 1923) or bring the citation information to access the
article in our microfilm collection.
North
County Times (San Marcos city edition, latest 2
months in paper only)
207 Pennsylvania Ave. Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 745-6611
San Diego Union Tribune (1871-on)
Note this title has had several changes over the years.
Latest in paper, older issues in the Microfilm
Collection F-1
San Diego
Voice and Viewpoint
(Latest 2 months
in paper only)
1729 N. Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 266-2233
Wall Street Journal (1980-on)
Latest in paper, older issues in the Microfilm
Collection F-4
Irish Times
Microfilm Collection F-144 for years 1916-1988
1992-on in Lexis Nexis database, or 1995-on in Proquest
or Factiva
Historical Papers
Early American Newspapers
Microfilm Collection F-47 Click
here to view the
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titles and coverage.
Lower California
frontier; articles from the San Diego Union, 1870,
(book)
edited by Florence C. Shipek in
Stacks at
F1246 .S2
V.2 This provides selected articles from the
Union published in 1870 prior to the microfilm
series.
San Francisco Call,
selected
copies of this paper from 1900 are available as a sample
of the California Newspaper Project's
California Digital
Newspaper Collection (in development.)
Ancestry.com Historical California Newspapers
Requires registration but you can view the list of
titles and date ranges available without registration.
Student Newspapers (for
others in California, check the
USPNL list)
- Pride: The Student Newspaper (California
State University San Marcos) Library Microfiche
collection C-937 (no index). Previous names were
Pioneer and You Name It. See the
CSUSM
Library Catalog for links to current and
archived sources.
- Daily
Aztec (San Diego State University) search
the archive from 1996. Previous names for the SDSU
student newspaper were the Normal News, the
Paper Lantern, and The Aztec and most
are found in the SDSU Special Collections.
- UCSD
Guardian (University of California San Diego)
has archives available online from January 2001.
Older holdings (1967-) are available at the Social
Sciences and Humanities Library on microfilm. Note this
publication has undergone a number of title changes,
starting with the Triton Times in 1967.
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Cornell Daily Sun (Cornell University) has been
digitized from 1880-on. Both searchable and
browsable.
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Indexes
Indexes do not provide full-text to the articles, but act
as a directory to tell you when an article was written
addressing your research topic. Even weekly newspapers have so many different articles
is one issue and
cover so many topics in one issue, it is difficult to locate
the desired information unless you have a specific citation.
Indexes provide a faster means to your information goal as
opposed to guessing at a date and browsing the issues.
Individuals in the news are normally indexed in last
name, first name order and remember there might be more than
one subject heading label for your event or interest.
If you have a citation with date, issue and page number(s)
and cannot find the article available in full-text, the next
step is to visit a library that owns the newspaper
(generally in microfilm) or request the article through
Interlibrary Loan.
General
Ayer's Directory of Newspapers
While this does not index publication content, this is a
valuable tool is researching publication titles,
circulation numbers and more about newspapers and
periodicals published in the US from 1869-1919. As
stated in the introductory matter, the PDF files are
large (50+ mg) but offer a search function. Be aware
that the scanning has not been proof-read and words like
'German' may appear to the computer as 'Crerman' in some
cases.
Google
News Archive
With Google's typical wide-net search, you can search
over 200 years of newspapers ranging from the Washington
Post, NY Times, LA Times, to the Guardian Unlimited and
BBC as well as some online sources. Much of the content
access is fee-based. A nice addition is the
'timeline' feature which provides 2 of the articles for
that time period. Click on the date or year in the left
column to expand into more articles from that period.
News Archives
Lists maintained by the Special Library Association for
US and foreign newspaper archives. Some are free-access
while others are fee-based access, but most indexes are
free.
United States
California Newspaper Project
A catalog of newspaper titles and publication
dates. This will not provide information on content, but
which libraries own copies. Specific articles may be
requested through Interlibrary Loan.
Los Angeles Times
(1972- on)
Paper index located in the REFERENCE area at AI21.L65
L67. Index updates
received monthly.
Online index is now available, but full text
must be purchased. CSUSM researchers have access to the
Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) database.
Fairfax County Public Library Historical Newspaper Index
Although full text must be ordered (at a fee) from this
site, the resources indexed are a valuable collection of
material from the 18th, 19th and 20th century Virginia
newspapers.
New York Times (1857-on)
Paper index for 1960-on located in the
REFERENCE area at AI21 .N44.
Updates received
monthly.
Microfiche index for 1851-1959 found at C-503
Online Article Index for 1996-on (will not provide
access to full text unless you purchase, but we have the
microfilm for access.)
Online Article Archive for 1851-1995 (will not
provide access to full text for materials published
1923-on, but we
have the microfilm for access.)
Northwestern California Newspapers
Indexing of newspapers from Humboldt, Del Norte and
Klamath Counties from the 1850s to the present.
Additional essay material on Northern California
newspapers is also available.
San Diego Union Tribune (1871-on)
Note this title has had several changes over the years.
Currently, there is no index for this title prior to
December 5, 1983. What indexing is available is found in the Research
Database, ProQuest Direct. For earlier periods,
if the event was of enough importance, you should be
able to check the Los Angeles Times or New
York Times indexes to narrow the publication dates.
Texas Newspapers Collection
Online index to a large number of Texas newspapers. The
main index must be downloaded for access. Fees are
charged for copies of specific articles.
U.S.
Newspaper Project
A Federally-funded project for each state and affiliated
territory to microfilm its newspaper holdings. Some
projects are working on indexes or fully-searchable
images. Different projects are at different stages of
completion, check the website provided under each
participating institution for what is available. Good
examples are
Georgia and
Illinois.
The Illinois project provides a
search page that can be used for all the projects.
Some projects have full text and are listed in the full
text section.
Wall Street Journal (1980-on)
Paper Index for 1980-on is located in the REFERENCE
area at HG1 .W26
Foreign
Belfast Newsletter Index 1737-1800
An index to the early years of the oldest
continually-published English-language newspaper.
Saskatchewan News Index 1884-2000
Index to newspapers from the region. A limited number of
full-text articles are also available.
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Full Text Online
Research Databases (that offer
full text or index historical newspapers)
Note that CD databases
are available only in the Library and some databases do not
offer full text of the articles. Use the
 button
to check our other resources for full text.
Accessible Archives
A good source for 19th Century American History;
includes newspapers on the Civil War and African
Americans.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text ethnic newspapers, searchable in English or
Spanish. A limited number of titles are available with
archives from the 1960's and 70's. Use the date limiter
in the search function to see if articles are available
for your time period and topic.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business,
legal, and reference information. Some newspapers are
available as far back as the 1970's. Check the date
range information in 'Sources'.
ProQuest Newspapers
Includes coverage of over 300 major U.S. and
international newspapers, such as The New York Times,
Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune. Some go as far back
as 1983.
US Newspapers Historical Collections
American Memory
from the Library of Congress
Provides digitized (frequently transcribed in text
as well) pages from some newspapers as well as many
other types of historical documents and records. Since
the collection is divided by topic area, use the general
search to look for your topic and the word 'newspaper'.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
(1841-1902)
(developed by the Brooklyn Public Library.)
Chronicling America from the Library of Congress and
National Endowment for the Humanities
This partnership has the admirable goal of digitizing
newspapers from all 50 states for 1836-1922. At this
point in its development, only selected states (CA, DC,
FL, KY, NY, UT and VA) are available for 1900-1910.
Publication and topical information is available for
papers published since 1690-present in a separate
section.
Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
A digitization project to provide access to a wide
variety of newspapers. Offering keyword and title
access, view the "Newspapers Currently Available at CHNC"
to see titles and dates available.
Stars and Stripes
US Army newspaper for WWI soldiers in France. Covers the
dates February 8, 1918 through June 13,1919. This
title has been continued to present day, but this is the
only digitized historical collection to date.
Digital History: Historic Newspaper Articles
A small collection of
high interest articles from a variety of US papers,
searchable by topic or keyword. The collection starts
with the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision in 1857
through Princess Diana's death in 1997.
Georgia Historic Newspapers
Full page images of a number of Georgia newspapers.
Searchable dates are 1750 through 1925 in different
titles.
Hawaiian
Newspapers
These papers are in the Hawaiian language and range from
the mid-19th through early 20th centuries.
Historic Missouri Newspaper Project
A digitization project to provide access to a wide
variety of newspapers. The "Search" tab allows keyword
searching and the title pull-down allows you to see
titles available.
Historical Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
A limited, but growing, collection of digitized
articles. Currently available are articles from December
1941-January 1942 concerning Pearl Harbor and following
events.
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
Issues of the Daily Illini (University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign student paper) and Urbana Daily Courier
for the early 20th century are digitized. More to come.
Utah Digital Newspapers
From the University of Utah, a large number of digitized
articles with search capability in either all papers or
a specific page.
Valley of the Shadow
Newspapers of the Civil War period (1859-1870) published
in Virginia. Be patient, these are slow to load.
Foreign Newspapers
British Library
Online Collection
Selected images from five major British newspapers from
the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.
Alberta Newspaper Collection
(Canada)
Digitized microfilm of Canadian newspapers from
1885-2001. Not searchable, but can
limit by city and date ranges.
Australian Periodical Publications 1845-1850
Digitized newspapers and magazines
browseable by title and date or keyword searchable in
the table of contents for journals. One title, the
Colonial
Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful
Information (6/1844-3/1845) has been fully
digitized.
Niupepa: Maori Newspapers (English version)
Digitized images or text of newspapers written for a
Maori (New Zealand) audience from 1842-1932.
Papers Past
(New Zealand)
19th Century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals.
There is no search capability, but click on "Browse
Publications" to see titles available and date ranges.
When you click on a title, a calendar of available dates
appears, click on the desired date to view articles
available. Requires download of specific software to
view the pages.
Tiden: Nordic Newspaper
Digital Library
Full text images of newspapers from Norway, Denmark,
Sweden, and Finland from 18th through 20th centuries.
Follow the 'Newspaper Archives' to links for each
national collection. Note the Norwegian collection is
NOT available in English and the Swedish collection
requires an ID (user) and password (user).
Special
Interest Newspapers
Argus Digital Collection
The Illinois Wesleyan University student newspaper for
1894-on.
Hollywood Reporter Archive
Must pay a subscription fee to access much of the full text, but the
archive will narrow the search to a date of publication.
Note the default search is for the past 3 months.
Indian Country Today Archive
Over six years of articles from one of the larger Native
American news sources.
Silent Worker
A national newspaper for the deaf from February 1888
through September 1929.
Miscellaneous Collections (not recommended for first
level research)
Archiving Early
America
Difficult to use, loads of pop-ups, only in desperation!
History Buff.com
a very small set of articles, generally to do with US
History. Difficult to maneuver through.
Newspaper Archive.com
It is necessary to register (free) for access to the
index or text of any articles. A list is available for
titles and dates covered through the "Browse Papers"
tab.
The Olden Times:
Historic Newspapers Online
A collection of selected articles primarily designed for
the genealogy researcher, but offers some categories of
use to the history researcher. Be aware the site page
opens to a very wide width so be sure you have looked at
the entire screen. No search engine available for the
site.
Small Town
Newspapers
Must register to search or access the content of a
variety of local publications. Check the "List All
Papers" link to see if there is a paper for your
geographic area.
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Need More?
New materials are constantly being added to our holdings,
those of local libraries, and on the internet. Ask for help
in navigating the constantly changing landscape.
Judith Downie,
Humanities Librarian
(760) 750-4374 OR come by my office (KEL 3424), I
am available if my door is open (most of the time).
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