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Spring 2005
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Centuries of coverage
Electronic access to the archives of major newspapers
Northwestern University Library has been adding electronic access to the historic archives of major U.S. and foreign newspapers. Electronic archives of older issues of the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Times of London are now available to the Northwestern community via subscriptions from Proquest, Gale, and Chadwyck-Healey, among others.
Title |
Dates |
Format |
Access |
Chicago Tribune |
1890 to 1969 (eventually to 1984) |
Electronic PDF |
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1985 to current |
Electronic text |
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Current issues (2-3 months) |
Paper |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
|
1849 to 1872 (incomplete) |
Microfilm |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
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1972 to current: |
Paper Index |
Reference Room in the Main Library at 071 C532i |
|
New York Times |
1851 to 2001 |
Electronic PDF |
|
1980 to current |
Electronic text |
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Current issues (2-3 months) |
Paper |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
|
1851 to current |
Microfilm |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
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1851 to current: |
Paper index |
Reference Room in the Main Library at 071 N532 |
|
1863 to 1905 |
Electronic index |
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1851 to 2000: |
CD-ROM index |
CD-ROM archives in Reference Room in Main Library |
|
Wall Street Journal |
1889 to 1987 |
Electronic PDF |
|
1984 to current |
Electronic text |
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Current issues (2-3 months) |
Paper |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
|
1925 to current |
Microfilm |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
|
1955 to current: |
Paper index |
Reference Room in the Main Library at 071 W187 |
|
Times of London |
1785 to 1985 |
Electronic PDF |
|
1800 to 1870 |
Electronic PDF |
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11/1989 to current |
Electronic text |
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Current issues (2-3 months) |
Paper |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
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1788 to current (excludes Sunday ed.) Sunday ed. shelved separately |
Microfilm |
Periodicals and Newspapers Reading Room in the Main Library |
|
1980 to current: indexing only (1788 to 1980 in Library Storage Facility) |
Paper index |
Reference Room in the Main Library at 072 T58 |
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1790 to 1980: |
Electronic index |
Jeannette Moss
