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Find Newspapers in Geisel Library

Find Newspaper Articles in
   Databases


     •  Search Individual Newspapers

     •  Search Multiple Newspapers

     •  Search Business News
        Sources

Find Newspapers on the Web
  Find Newspapers in Geisel Library

The library maintains subscriptions to several daily and weekly newspapers. The most recent issue of each is available in the Periodicals Reading Room. Popular papers such as the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal are on newspaper rods, and the rest are shelved in alphabetical order along with the magazines on the wall racks. Older issues are stored on the Lower Level in the Newspaper Area, around the corner from the photocopiers. Search for the newspaper's title in the library catalog to see how far back the library's holdings go. Typically, the library keeps the last two months of daily newspapers and the last two years of weekly newspapers.

General Newspapers

Boston Globe
Boston Herald
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
Union Leader
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Die Zeit

Specialized Newspapers

Barron's
Chronicle of Higher Education
National Catholic Register
National Catholic Reporter
New Hampshire Business Review
L'Osservatore Romano
Our Sunday Visitor
Pilot (Boston)
Times Literary Supplement
Wanderer

The library also owns a number of newspapers in microfilm format, for selected years. These include:
  • Mainstream newspapers like the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor
  • Catholic news publications like The Pilot and National Catholic Reporter
  • Numerous New Hampshire newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries such as the New Hampshire Patriot and Freeman's Journal
Ask at the Periodicals Desk on the Lower Level if you need help locating and viewing these newspapers. Here is a list of newspapers in the Geisel Library microfilm collection.

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Find Newspaper Articles in Databases

As with journal databases, newspaper databases can be searched using keywords that represent the research topic of interest. There are often limiters available for restricting the search to particular sections of the newspaper or date ranges. In general, these databases provide the full text of every article during the date ranges indicated below. Some also allow for searching of other parts of the newspaper, such as advertisements and editorial cartoons.

Search Individual Newspapers

Boston Globe   FULL TEXT
Full-text of articles published in the Boston Globe from 1988 to the present, via LexisNexis. Articles are available within 1 day of publication for weekday editions; within two days for Saturday edition, and within four weeks for the complete Sunday edition.

New York Times   FULL TEXT – CURRENT
Full-text of articles published in the New York Times from June 1, 1980 through present, via LexisNexis. This is the final New York City edition.

New York Times   FULL TEXT – HISTORICAL
This database provides full-text access to every page of the New York Times, from 1851 to 2003. The searchable collection includes digital reproductions, so that even advertisements and political cartoons from every available issue may be viewed.

Times of London Digital Archive   FULL TEXT – HISTORICAL
This database provides full-text access to every issue of The Times (London) newspaper from 1785 through 1985, except for Sunday editions. The digital archive includes not only articles but also advertisements, editorials, obituaries, and pictures. It can be searched by keyword and date range, with options to limit to specific sections of the newspaper.

Union Leader   FULL TEXT
Full-text articles published in the Manchester Union Leader from 1989 to present, via LexisNexis. Articles are available within 3 days of publication for weekday editions, and within 72–96 hours for Saturday and Sunday editions.

Wall Street Journal   FULL TEXT
This database offers full-text access to the Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) from 1984 to the present. You can search with keywords (also see the Topics tab), by author or product, browse by date, or set up an Alert notification.

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Search Multiple Newspapers

Early American Newspapers, 1690–1876   FULL TEXT
This text-searchable database has cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic American newspapers, including 37 from New Hampshire.

LexisNexis Academic – News   FULL TEXT
Find full-text newspaper articles from local, national, and international papers. Choose one of the newspaper collections to search using the "Select Sources" combo box. Good collections to start with are "US Newspapers and Wires", "Major World Newspapers", and "Non-US Newspapers and Wires". After choosing a source, click the small blue "i" button to see the list of newspapers being searched.

Newspaper Source  FULL TEXT
Get full-text articles from several national and international newspapers (including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times-London, etc.) and selected full-text access to more than 200 regional US newspapers (including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, and The Detroit Free Press, etc.). Selected issues are included from two New Hampshire newspapers: the Nashua Telegraph (2001–present) and Claremont Eagle-Times (2003–present).

New Hampshire Index
For citations pertaining to state issues, culture, and history, search this index of New Hampshire newspapers. Selected issues are available from the Concord Monitor, Nashua Telegraph, Business NH, and Historical New Hampshire, among other publications. Note that this database includes only article citations, not the full text of articles. Check the newspaper's website to see if the article is available online.

Paper of Record   FULL TEXT
This online archive enables you to search the contents of approximately 300 newspapers from around the world, with an emphasis on issues from the nineteenth century. While coverage is spotty for some newspapers, others are available in their entirety for multiple decades, with pages displayed as PDF images. Free registration is required.

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Search Business News Sources

LexisNexis Academic – News   FULL TEXT
Find full-text articles from several hundred business-oriented publications, such as Business Week, European Business Review, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, and numerous industry-specific publications. Choose "Business News Publications" from the Select Sources combo box to search this collection of publications.

Regional Business News   FULL TEXT
Search this database for full-text articles from 75 regional business publications covering the United States. Click on the Publications link within the database to see a list of publications and available dates for each.

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Find Newspapers on the Web

These gateways provide links to the websites of thousands of newspapers from across the US and the world, typically organized by country and state. Many newspapers provide free access to articles online, although some newspaper websites may require a subscription. The size of the online archive of back issues varies from newspaper to newspaper.

ABYZ News Links

News & Newspapers Online

NewsLink

OnlineNewspapers.Com

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