NEWSPAPERS: Indexes, Online Sources, Microfilm

PRINT INDEXES TO NEWSPAPERS:
        Indexes to several newspapers kept on microfilm are shelved in the Microforms Area. These include:

                                        CHICAGO TRIBUNE INDEX
                                        PALMER'S INDEX TO THE (LONDON) TIMES
                                        THE NEW YORK TIMES INDEX
                                        THE (LONDON) TIMES INDEX

ONLINE INDEXES TO NEWSPAPERS:  Online indexes to certain years of some newspapers are available. A few of the indexes provide fulltext.  Consult these databases:

           ACADEMIC INDEX, 1996-present    (New York Times)

 
ACADEMIC INDEX, 1982-1995       (New York Times)

ACADEMIC UNIVERSE--News (Lexis/Nexis): Fulltext national & international news

DOW JONES NEWS RETRIEVAL:  Fulltext

FIRST SEARCH:
        Newspaper Abstracts (Significant items in over 50 national and regional newspapers)
(1989-present, updated weekly)
Includes the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Post, and the Los Angeles Times
        Datatimes (regional U.S. and international newspapers)
(1986-present, updated daily)

HARPWEEK (CIVIL WAR ERA and RECONSTRUCTION I & II (1857-1877):  Fulltext

HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS ONLINE:  (Some fulltext, depending on year)
            The Official Index to The Times, 1906-1980
            Palmer's Index to The Times, 1790-1905
            The Historical Index to The New York Times, 1851-1922

                                       INDEX TO THE TAMPA WEEKLY TRIBUNE, TAMPA, FL
                                                    (1893-1904)

ON-LINE FULL-TEXT CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER INDEX:

ACADEMIC UNIVERSE: NEWS
(previously known as Lexis/Nexis) contains the full-text for hundreds of newspapers, national and international. However, the index and text are only available for fairly recent years, about 5 to 20 years, depending on when the newspaper was added to the database. Newspapers not included in ACADEMIC UNIVERSE may be available in other databases;  consult a librarian at the Library West Reference Desk (392-0361).

NEWS & PERIODICALS ON-LINE
Other online sources, such as CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Newswire Services, etc.

FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS
           Florida Newspaper Project: Search Screen
                Search by Title, City, County, or Holding Institution

          Florida Newspaper Websites

HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS and OTHER HISTORICAL PERIODICALS:

HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
in the University of Florida Library's Collection

        Historical Newspapers by State
                (slow to load)
 
 

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8/2004
C. Barnes