Associate Librarian
About This Guide
This guide serves as a portal to access the wide range of historical newspapers, periodicals, and news media available through the IU Libraries, with an emphasis on online collections and search tools available to IU-affiliated users.
Use the tabs on the left to navigate this guide by format and geographical focus, and utilize your browser's search function to find specific titles and keywords on each page. Please don't hesitate to contact the library with any questions or requests.
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A-Z Databases: News & PeriodicalsAccess more than 200 databases and search tools that have been identified as including news sources, periodicals, and popular articles.
Locating Specific Titles
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IUCAT This link opens in a new windowSearch for specific newspapers and periodicals in all formats in IUCAT, the online catalog for IU Libraries. Use Advanced Search for more options. Watch this brief video tutorial on searching and accessing books and ebooks in IUCAT.
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Request Article DeliveryIU-affiliated users can use this form to request a scan of an individual journal article or book chapter that is only available in print or microform.
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WorldCatIf you aren't able to locate a newspaper, periodical, or other source in IUCAT or through one of our online resources, use WorldCat to locate and request the title from another library or the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Collection.
Recommended Starting Points
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Chronicling AmericaAccess to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Search historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
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Newspapers.com World Collection
Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles in addition to small local newspapers.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: GlobalAccess all historical newspapers that we have available through ProQuest, notably including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Indianapolis Star, Chicago Tribune, and more. Also provides access to a number of significant African American newspapers, including Chicago Defender, Atlanta Daily World, and the Baltimore Afro-American.
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Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson)Search across popular US and Canadian periodicals from 1983 to the present.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)Search across popular US and Canadian periodicals from 1890-1982.