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Full Text Newspapers

ProQuest National Newspapers -  ProQuest CSA    1980s-    Updated Daily
Provides access to some of the most respected newspapers from all over the country, each with its own unique geographic perspective:
New York Times 1980- ; Wall Street Journal, 1984-;  Washington Post, 1987-;  Los Angeles Times, 1985-;  Christian Science Monitor, 1988-; Chicago Tribune, 1985-; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1990- ; Boston Globe, 1980-; USA TODAY, 1987-; and others.Search Guide

Newspaper_Source - Ebsco                                 1995-                       Updated Daily
A comprehensive news source with full text for 194 newspapers including The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, 159 regional newspapers, 18 international newspapers, 6 newswires, and 9 newspaper columns. Search Guide | Video Tutorial

Boston Globe - ProQuest, Inc.   1980 -   Updated Weekly
Electronic ASCII version of the newspaper, without images or graphics. WWW. Daily Boston Globe Online.

New York Times  (1995-)  - Gale        1995 -             Updated Weekly
Provides the full text of The New York Times from 1995 to present.

New York Times - New York Times, Inc.           1980 -         Updated Daily
Offers full text of published The New York Times newspaper articles. Includes all articles for delivery as ASCII full­text documents. Accessible via General News on LexisNexis Academic.    Web Version with Daily Paper.

New York Times Historical Collection - ProQuest Historical Newspapers  Current File  1851-2008
Provides full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to 1851. The historical collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF® files. The database is an ongoing project with digitization being done by decade. Search Guide

Springfield Republican - NewsBank, Inc.               1988 -               Updated Daily
Electronic ASCII version of the newspaper, without images or graphics. (Formerly the Union-News and Sunday Republican).WWW. MassLive.com(Daily Springfield Republican Online).

Berkshire Eagle  - NewsBank, Inc.  12/31/2003-Current, selected coverage from 11/21/1997-11/04/2003       Updated Weekly
Electronic ASCII version of the Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA) newspaper, without images or graphics. WWW.

Black Newspapers - ProQuest    Varies
A collection of significant Black newspapers from the United States. Search Guide

Canadian Newsstand Complete - ProQuest    Varies
Complete Canadian newspaper coverage from Prince Edward Island to Yukon Territory. Search Guide
 
LexisNexis Academic                                                       Updated Daily
Provides the full text of current and back issues for 7,000+ titles including journals, major newspapers, newsletters, reference materials, and legal materials, both state and federal.  WWW. 
Introduction to LexisNexis Academic (video)  ------Using Power Search (video) ----- Legal Search: Get a Case

General_ OneFile  -  Gale                1980-                Updated Daily
Provides desktop access to more than 6,000 full text periodical titles including 121 wire services; full indexing of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Christian Science Monitor newspapers; and a total of more than 10,000 periodical titles with 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to present.  The database uses the same search engine as our other InfoTrac databases.  Content includes more than 508 million records from  periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and specialized sources including refereed academic journals. WWW Search Guide

Academic Search Premier  Ebsco               1975-                    Updated Daily
The world?s largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. With a collection of 4,000 peer-reviewed, scholarly full text journals, this database offers critical information from many sources found in no other database. The database includes full-page images as well as color embedded images.  Scholarly, full text resources are provided for nearly all academic areas of study: social  sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Search Guide | Video Tutorial

Academic OneFile - Gale                     1995-                                     Updated Daily
Contains more than 3,000 full text journals, including peer-reviewed journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.  Search Guide

NEWSLINK - American Journalism Review     Coverage and Updates Vary
Online Newspapers listed by state.  WWW



 
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