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News Resources

Indianapolis Star (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
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Provides full text access to The Indianapolis Star from 1903 to 2004.
The Indianapolis Star is the largest paper in Indiana. It has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times — once for meritorious public service and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the Star was honored for its 1974 series on corruption within the Indianapolis Police Department. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on medical malpractice.

The Indianapolis Star is the largest paper in Indiana. It has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times — once for meritorious public service and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the Star was honored for its 1974 series on corruption within the Indianapolis Police Department. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on medical malpractice.

Additional access options:

Access to the Indianapolis Star 2009-Present (via ProQuest Recent Newspapers). Note there may be a lag time of approximately 5 days for new issues to be added.

The IUB Library holds the physical microfilm for the Indianapolis Star, 1907-present, located on the second floor of the East Tower, call number AN2 .I3S7.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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Digital archive of historical newspapers. Each issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images.

N. W. Ayer & Son's Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals
Call Number: Z6951 .A9
Publication Date: 1932-Current (Title change to Gale)
A guide that lists newspapers and periodicals by U.S. State and by year. Use this guide to find defunct newspapers which may not be available in a digital form. Users can request microfilm copies of a newspaper from the Document Delivery Department.

NewspaperARCHIVE
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Digital access to more than 1000 historical newspapers from communities within Indiana.
Includes digitized copies and content of the follwing local Indiana Newspapers: Bloomington Evening World (1907-1923), Indiana Daily Student (1867-1923), Madison Herald, Indianapolis State Sentinel, Indianapolis Star, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Terre Haute Star and Indianapolis Sun.
Newspapers.com World Collection
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Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Includes access to newspapers from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia, and Panama.