Related Links
More Newspaper Databases at UConn
News Sources
Internet Resources
- ArtsJournal.com: The Daily Digest of Arts, Culture and Ideas -- Headlines and digests from hundreds of newspapers. E-mail service available. Includes Arts Journalism Links.
Licensed News
Databases (Selected List)
- Newspapers through ProQuest
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Full-text electronic access to these newspapers:
Boston Globe (1988 - )
Christian Science Monitor (1988 - )
Hartford Courant (1992 - )
Los Angeles Times (1988 - )
New York Times (1999 - )
Wall Street Journal (1984 - )
Washington Post (1987 - )Works better in Internet Explorer (has different menu choices).
- ProQuest
Historical Newspapers
-- Full-image electronic archives. Includes articles, editorials,
ads, comics, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc.
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LexisNexis Academic Universe --
Full text of hundreds of newspapers nationwide and internationally.
Includes articles, wire reports, book and performance reviews,
obituaries, television and radio news broadcast transcripts,
and popular-press magazines. Use the News, Business, or
Reference menus to search for information on artists or
groups, concert and record reviews, and information on the
music industry. Here is information on Searching Academic
Universe (PDF).
American Periodical Series (periodicals published 1740-1900)
Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
New York Times Historical (1851 to 2 years ago)
LexisNexis Search Tips:
If you use the Guided Search, you will need to select search categories (e.g., General News or Arts & Sports). Try several different categories, as each retrieves different materials.
In the Guided Search you need to type "and" (without quotes) between each search term (e.g., connecticut and repertory and theatre). Experiment.
To find New York Times theater articles or reviews, go to General News, type "new york times" (without quotes) in the Publication Title box, and type "theater" or "theater arts" in the Search For box, with Headline as the search type ("search in"). Select a date range.
There are some differences between LexisNexis Academic Universe (one of UConn's subscription resources) and the free New York Times website (http://www.nytimes.com). (These comments are based on a few quick and dirty test searches, and may have been affected by outside factors. Please do your own comparisons and judge for yourself.) LexisNexis (LN) and other similar subscription resources search several newspapers at once and may have better date coverage (copyright issues not withstanding). This librarian had many more hits in LN. Search speed may vary. This librarian found LN to be faster. Either source seems fine for recent articles. However, check sites carefully for retrospective coverage. For example, the NYT web site says that "articles from the past 7 days are free, as are book and movie reviews." If you need older reviews (and often you will), this web site may not meet your needs. This librarian did not pull up a 1999 test article in NYT web, even using several strategies. It was listed in LN.
Older Paper Newspapers (Finding Aids)
- Hartford Courant (PDF) -- Identifies indexes and newspaper locations in the library.
- Newspapers (PDF) -- Explains local collection and includes links to online indexes
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