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Identifying
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| Woodruff
Newspaper Lists |
- Woodruff
Library Newspaper List
Provides a list of newspapers available at the Woodruff
Library. The
main list is arranged by state or country; Title
and Chronological
indexes are available. Important
research tip: While
this list includes selected newspapers available electronically,
it is limited primarily to newspapers available in
print and microfilm formats
- The following guides list subsets of Woodruff's
newspaper holdings:
- If you do not find the newspaper you are seeking
in any of the above lists:
- It may be available in electronic format; check
the Full-Text Newspaper Databases
options below.
- Search EUCLID
(the Emory library catalog) by newspaper title
as a double-check.
- Ask for help at the Level 2 Reference Desk.
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| Full-Text Newspaper Databases |
| United States Newspapers
- Lexis/Nexis
Academic (recent years)
Provides searchable full-text access to thousands
of national, regional, and international newspapers
and newswires. Includes recent years of many major
domestic ana foreign newspapers. The Factiva
database is a good complement to the coverage in this
database.
- Factiva
(recent years)
Provides searchable full-text access to thousands
of national, international, regional and local newspapers
and newswires. Includes recent years of the Wall
Street Journal, and the Reuters and Dow Jones
newswires. Factiva has more of a business
focus than Lexis/Nexis
Academic.
Important
research tip:
You can search simultaneously
the electronic historical versions of numerous U.S.
newspapers, including: Atlanta Constitution, Boston
Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los
Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
and Washington Post--listed below--plus the American
Periodicals Series Online (historical magazine)
database. From the search screen in any of these databases,
click on the "Databases Selected" link. Then scroll
down and select any or all of the "Historical" databases,
click on the "Continue" button and proceed with your
search.
- Atlanta Constitution
LexisNexis
Academic (1991 to present)
Atlanta
Constitution Historical (1868-1925; additional
years will be added annually) Important
research tip!
- Boston Globe
LexisNexis
Academic (1988 to present)
Boston
Globe Historical (1872-1922; coverage 90% complete
up to 1910, then sporadic up to 1922) Important
research tip!
- Chicago Tribune
LexisNexis
Academic 2002 to present)
Chicago
Tribune Historical (1849-1985; complete coverage
for 1849-1889 is not yet available) Important
research tip!
- Christian Science Monitor
LexisNexis
Academic (1980 to present)
Christian
Science Monitor Historical (1908-1991) Important
research tip!
- Los Angeles Times
LexisNexis
Academic (1985 to present)
Los
Angeles Times Historical (1881-1985) Important
research tip!
- New York Times
LexisNexis
Academic 1980 to present; abstracts only, 1969-1980)
New
York Times Historical (1851-2001) Important
research tip!
- Wall Street Journal
Factiva
(1979 to present)
Wall Street Journal Historical (1889-1987) Important
research tip!
- Washington Post
LexisNexis
Academic (1977 to present)
Washington
Post Historical (1877-1988) Important
research tip!
- USA Today
Microfilm 3153 (1993 to present)
LexisNexis
Academic (1989 to present)
- Newspaper
Source (recent years)
Provides selected full text for 25 national and international
newspapers and more than 200 regional newspapers,
including (including the Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Augusta Chronicle, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon
Telegraph, and Savannah Morning News).
In addition, full text television & radio news
transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News,
National Public Radio, etc.
- Paperboy
(current news)
Provides convenient lnks to the websites of over 200
domestic and international newspapers.
- Ethnic
NewsWatch (1990 to present)
A full-text collection of more than 200 newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and
native press, published in English and Spanish, in
this country. A rich collection of articles, editorials,
columns, and reviews, provide a broad diversity of
perspectives and viewpoints. Free text searching and
complete indexing make Ethnic NewsWatch easy to search.
- Accessible
Archives
Includes several important newspaper collections,
including:
- The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800) - "the
New York Times of the 18th Century"
- African American newspapers of the 19th century,
including Freedom's Journal, The Colored American,
The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman,
Frederick Douglass Paper, The Christian Recorder
- Civil War newspaper coverage (November 1860
to April 1865) from The Charleston Mercury,
The New York Herald, The Richmond Enquirer
- The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware
County (1819-1870) - documents the industrialization
of predominantly agrarian culture established
by Quaker farmers
Newspaper titles available via the Accessible Archives
database are listed in the Woodruff
Library Newspaper List and the African-American
Newspapers list, as well as in EUCLID.
- Early
American Newspapers Digital (digitization in progress;
will cover 1690-1876 when complete)
Based largely on Clarence Brigham's History
and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820,
this database, when complete, will feature cover-to-cover
reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers,
providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable
facsimile images. For students and scholars of early
America, this collection offers an unprecedented look
back into the history of the United States -- her
people, ideals, commerce and everyday life. In progress;
content will continue to be added until digitization
is complete.
- Georgia Historic Newspapers
Available via the Digital
Library of Georgia. Contains issues of three important
historic Georgia newspapers: the Cherokee Phoenix,
the Dublin Post, and the Colored Tribune.
- Civil
War in America from the Illustrated London News
(Currently covers 1861-1862; will eventually run through
1865)
An in-house project in which U.S. Civil War news published
in the Illustrated London News newspaper
is being digitized. Provides a British view of this
important event in American history.
Foreign Newspapers
- Lexis/Nexis
Academic (recent years)
Provides searchable full-text access to thousands
of national, regional, and international newspapers
and newswires. Includes recent years of the [London]
Times. The Factiva
database is a good complement to the coverage in this
database.
- Factiva
(recent years)
Provides searchable full-text access to thousands
of national, international, regional and local newspapers
and newswires. Factiva has more of a business
focus than Lexis/Nexis
Academic.
- Newspaper
Source (recent years)
Provides selected full text for 25 national and international
newspapers and more than 200 regional newspapers,
including (including the Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Augusta Chronicle, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Macon
Telegraph, and Savannah Morning News).
In addition, full text television & radio news
transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News,
National Public Radio, etc.
- Paperboy
(current news)
Provides convenient lnks to the websites of over 200
domestic and international newspapers.
- Foreign
Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index
(1975-1996) [NOTE: Index only]
World News Connection
(1994 to present)
The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
database is an index to translated transcripts of
foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency
transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government
statements that were published in eight regional FBIS
Daily Reports (Central Eurasia, East Asia,
Near East and South Asia, China, East Europe, West
Europe, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa). The
full text of these transcripts are available on microfiche.
The World News Connection database continues
the FBIS reports and provides the full text transcripts
online. See the Foreign
Broadcast Information Service and World News Connection
Guide for more details on access to and use of
these two news translation services.
- [London]
Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)
Provides searchable full-text access to the Times,
iincluding searchable advertisements and photographs
from 1785 through 1985. For more recent years of the
Times, search Lexis-Nexis
Academic. (This database does not include the
Sunday Times, a newspaper
independent of the Times.)
- Civil
War in America from the Illustrated London News
(Currently covers 1861; will eventually run through
1865)
An in-house project in which U.S. Civil War news published
in the Illustrated London News newspaper
is being digitized. Provides a British view of this
important event in American history.
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| Guides
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United States Newspaper Guides
- Center
for Research Libraries
The Center for Research Libraries is a cooperative program
that provides access to unique and unusual collections of
library materials for its members. CRL collects newspapers
from each state in the United States, from each country
of the world, and specialized newspapers, such as those
of the U.S. ethnic press. Emory faculty, students and staff
may use ILLiad
(our Interlibrary Loan system) to request materials from
CRL. In addition to its general catalog cited above, CRL
has two specialized catalogs for newspaper holdings. These
are:
- U. S.
Newspaper Program
"The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative
national effort among the states and the federal government
to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers
published in the United States from the eighteenth
century to the present." The USNP Web page links
users to the Web pages for each of the state projects
(e.g., Georgia
Newspaper Project) where the states' historical
newspaper collections are described. In addition,
links to the catalogs of eight major newspaper collections
are given, including the Library
of Congress, the American
Antiquarian Society, the New
York Public Library, and the Wisconsin
Historical Society .
- History and Bibliography
of American Newspapers, 1690-1820
Reference Z6951 .B75 1947
By Clarence Saunders Brigham. Lists over 2000 newspapers
published in this country, including dates of publication,
title changes, editors, frequency, and other historical
notes.
- American Newspapers, 1821-1936; a Union
List of Files Available in the United States and Canada
Reference
Z6945 .A5
Lists newspapers available in libraries, county courthouses,
newspaper collections, and other repositories as of the
mid 1930's. Most useful today for identifying newspapers
published at a particular time in a particular place.
- American Journalism: A History of Newspapers
in the United States through 250 Years, 1690 to 1940
Reference PN4855 .M63 2000
Reprint of classic history of American newspaper journalism
by Frank L. Mott. Incorporates bibliographies with suggestions
for further reading, and an index that includes names
of journalists and newspapers.
- Newspapers in Microform,
1948/1983
Reference Desk Z6945 .N6585 1948/1983
Identifies and lists locations for microform holdings of
newspapers published in the United States and other countries.
- Newspaper
Indexes : a Location and Subject Guide for Researchers
Reference Desk Z6951 .M635
Identifies card files and other unpublished indexes to older
issues of newspapers which are available in libraries, newspaper
offices and historical societies throughout the United States.
- African-American Newspapers and Periodicals; a National
Bibliography
Reference Z6944 .N39A37 1998
The most complete census of the newspapers and periodicals
published and edited by African-Americans between 1827 and
the present. Gives full bibliographic description and a
location for each publication cited. Edited by James P.
Danky and Maureen E. Hady.
- Atlanta
Newspapers - Guide to Indexes
Provides information on availability and location
of subject indexing for the Atlanta Constitution,
Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta Inquirer,
Atlanta Weekly, and the Great Speckled Bird.
- Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
(title varies; previously called the Ayer Directory
Latest edition at: Reference Desk Z6951 .A97; earlier
editions (with gaps) back to 1880 on Level 4
This source contains contact information and description
of newspapers and other publications listed alphabetically
by country.
- Benn's Media (title varies)
Latest edition at: Reference Desk Z6941 .B45; see EUCLID
for earlier editions back to 1846
Divided into three volumes (UK , Europe, World), this annually
published resource provides contact information, date established,
content, readership, frequency, and circulation information
for newspapers and other publications.
Foreign Newspaper Guides
- Center
for Research Libraries
The Center for Research Libraries is a cooperative program
that provides access to unique and unusual collections of
library materials for its members. CRL collects newspapers
from each state in the United States, from each country
of the world, and specialized newspapers, such as those
of the U.S. ethnic press. Emory faculty, students and staff
may use ILLiad
(our Interlibrary Loan system) to request materials from
CRL. In addition to its general catalog cited above, CRL
has two specialized catalogs for newspaper holdings. These
are:
- Annuaire de la presse et de la publicité
(1880 to present)
Reference Z6956 .F7A6 (earlier editions on Level
4)
The library has from 1955 to date with some gaps. Title
varies somewhat. Lists French serial publications (newspapers
and periodicals) existing as of a particular year. For current
publications try Annuaire
de la presse française (best for national and
regional newspapers).
- Benn's Media (title varies)
Latest edition at: Reference Desk Z6941 .B45; see EUCLID
for earlier editions back to 1846
Divided into three volumes (UK , Europe, World), this annually
published resource provides contact information, date established,
content, readership, frequency, and circulation information
for newspapers and other publications.
- Catalogue of the Newspaper Library (British
Library)
Reference Z6945 .B867
This is the great catalog of British and Commonwealth newspapers.
Arranged geographically and by title. The catalog is available
online as the Newspaper
Library Catalogue .
- Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
(title varies; previously called the Ayer Directory
Latest edition at: Reference Desk Z6951 .A97; earlier
editions (with gaps) back to 1880 on Level 4
This source contains contact information and description
of newspapers and other publications listed alphabetically
by country.
- Newspaper
Indexes : a Location and Subject Guide for Researchers
Reference Desk Z6951 .M635
Identifies card files and other unpublished indexes to older
issues of newspapers which are available in libraries, newspaper
offices and historical societies throughout the United States.
- Newspapers in Microform,
1948/1983
Reference Desk Z6945 .N6585 1948/1983
Identifies and lists locations for microform holdings of
newspapers published in the United States and other countries.
- OPAC
der Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)
Identifies holdings in German libraries of serials (journals,
newspapers, e-journals) from all time periods and countries.
Gives addresses and URL's of holding libraries.
- Stamm Leitfaden durch Pressse und Werbung (1954
to present)
Reference Z6956 . G3L4
Best for German publications but includes foreign titles
also.
- Willing's Press Guide (1874 to present)
Reference Z6956 .E5W5 (earlier editions on Level
4)
Best for titles published in Great Britain, to a lesser
extent good for Commonwealth and foreign titles. Emory's
holdings of Willing's begin with 1954.
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