LibGuides: COMM 801: Intro to Research Methods: Finding news articles

Find U.S. newspaper articles

Newspapers

Ready Elements. (2018, Feb. 21). Stacked Newspapers. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/155753322@N06/43712537211. Image released to the public domain.

InfoTrac Newsstand This link opens in a new window
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A full-text database which allows searching of more than 1,000 newspapers by title, headline, date, newspaper section or other assigned fields.
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Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles, and features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
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Newsbank This link opens in a new window
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Current full-text access to six Kansas newspapers: Emporia Gazette (2002- ), Kansas City Star (1991- ), Lawrence Journal-World (1990- ), Manhattan Mercury (1997- ), Topeka Capital-Journal (2002- ) and Wichita Eagle (1984- ). Also accessible, Access World news, which is a comprehensive news collection of local, regional, national, and international topics. Terms of Use
Access World News This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive news collection of issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Terms of Use

Keeper of the Plains

ThreeIfByBike. (2010, May 6). Wichita-2. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/three_if_by_bike/4620538160. Used under the Creative Commons license.

Wichita Eagle:

Wichita Eagle Collection This link opens in a new window
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Digital access to the Wichita Eagle from 1984 to present, Wichita Eagle images from 2018 to present and Wichita Eagle Blogs from 2005-present. Terms of Use

Wichita Eagle website
Publisher link. Limited full-text access. Free access to current issue and 7 day archive; payment required for earlier archives.
Wichita Eagle in the WSU University Libraries' catalog
Links to information about print and microfilm versions. Current issues kept in Reserve. Microfilm covers 1872-2018 with some gaps.
Wichita Eagle archives
Full-text access from 1872-1906. Part of "Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers" developed by NEH and Library of Congress. Scroll down "All Digitized Newspapers" to find Wichita Eagle papers under "Kansas". Note variant titles including Wichita City Eagle, Wichita Daily Eagle, etc.
Wichita Beacon (1963-1980)
Predecessor to the Wichita Eagle.
Wichita Beacon (1910-1960)
Predecessor to the Wichita Eagle.
Wichita Daily Beacon (holdings from 1872 to 1873)
Predecessor to the Wichita Beacon.
Tihen notes
Dr. Edward N. Tihen's notes from nearly every issue of Wichita's newspapers dating from 1872 to 1982. Digitized by WSU Libraries' Department of Special Collections.

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Other parts of Kansas:

Kansas News Sources This link opens in a new window
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Digital access to Kansas newspapers, including The Butler County Times-Gazette, the Emporia Gazette, the Manhattan Mercury, the Topeka Capital-Journal and more. Terms of Use
Newsbank This link opens in a new window
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Current full-text access to six Kansas newspapers: Emporia Gazette (2002- ), Kansas City Star (1991- ), Lawrence Journal-World (1990- ), Manhattan Mercury (1997- ), Topeka Capital-Journal (2002- ) and Wichita Eagle (1984- ). Also accessible, Access World news, which is a comprehensive news collection of local, regional, national, and international topics. Terms of Use

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
To browse only Kansas Newspapers (215 titles), go to advanced search, Publication Location (Map), and select Kansas.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Kansas Newspapers in this database include the Atchison Globe (Atchison, Ks); Atchison Daily Champion (Atchison, Ks); Emporia Daily Gazette (Emporia, Ks); Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Ks); Freedom's Champion (Atchison, Ks); Leavenworth Herald (Leavenworth, Ks); and Kansas Herald of Freedom (Wakarusa, Ks [terr.]).

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Kansas newspapers on the Web:

Kansas Digital Newspaper Program
State-wide collaboration between cultural heritage centers, public libraries, and other historical institutions to provide digital access and search capability to historic Kansas newspapers.
Kansas Newspapers (50states.com)
Kansas Newspapers (NewsLink)
Kansas Newspapers (newspapers.com)
Newspapers from the 1700s–2000s; over 1800 newspapers across the US. Need subscription to access full-text. Historical in scope.

American flag on the side of a building

Jose Maria Cuellar. (2009, Sept. 7). America. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/cuellar/4076274492. Used under the Creative Commons license.

New York Times (1851-3 years ago) with Index (1851-1993) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the New York Times online for the years 1851-three years ago. This database offers full-page-images and article images. Digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.
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Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new window
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From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities. This resource has been developed with, and has only been made possible by, the permission and contribution of the newspaper publishers and Tribal Councils concerned. Terms of Use

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Directories of U.S. Newspapers online:

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
From the Library of Congress
50states.com
NewsLink
Newspapers.com
Newspapers from the 1700s–2000s; over 1800 newspapers across the US. Subscription needed to access full-text, not provided through WSU.

January 21, 2009 New York Times

Andrew Mager. (2009, Ja.n 21). January 21, 2009 New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/mager/3239328247. Used under the Creative Commons license.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Access to New York Times (2008- 3 months ago) and The Wall Street Journal (2008-3 months ago), historic American newspapers from ProQuest: Civil War Era, the Michigan Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, New York Tribune/ Herald Tribune,, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, historic British newspapers The Guardian and the Observer, and historic Black newspapers Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News. Terms of Use
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Digital facsimile images of full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. Each issue is captured cover-to-cover with access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Alternate title: Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
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New York Tribune/ Herald Tribune (1841-1962) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Digital archive of New York Tribune/Herald Tribume (1841-1962). Every issue includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. Terms of Use
The Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Digital archive of the Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994). Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. Terms of Use

African American teenager selling newspapers

Children's Bureau Centennial. (1921, Nov. 8). African American Newspaper Boy, 1921. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/67331818@N03/8507561923. Used under the Creative Commons license.

African American Newspapers (1827-1998) This link opens in a new window
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Provides online access to newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. It features over 300 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Terms of Use
Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the Chicago Defender. Coverage 1910- 1975. Terms of Use
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) (ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). Terms of Use

What types of sources will I find?

What types of sources are you likely to find when you search? The answer depends on which resources you use to conduct your searches - databases will get you articles, the library catalog will get you books, the Web will get you websites, etc, You can find links to these resources in the find background info, find articles, and find books and ebooks tabs in this guide's navigation menu. What types of sources are best for your research project? You can compare characteristics of different sources on the Types of sources tab under Evaluating information in the navigation menu.

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