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Finding News Media
Online collections include:
- Newspapers - State Historical Collections for links to free digital text
- Early American Newspapers Series I for a list of titles and dates included in the set.
When
looking for a specific newspaper by name, use the eJournal
Locator...
If the title you seek is not available electronically, use the search-provided Online Catalog link to locate microfilm/print.
Titles are also listed by Provider.
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Microfilm sets/categories:
Vanderbilt
Television News Archive TVNEWS Database ChRiv-px Searches all years of news coverage for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS.
World News Connection BU-px Provides full-text summaries in English of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals.
American Film Scripts Online BU-px An ongoing project to digitize and thoroughly index 1,000 film scripts.
World News Connection BU-px Provides full-text summaries in English of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals.
American Film Scripts Online BU-px An ongoing project to digitize and thoroughly index 1,000 film scripts.
The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - an electronic library of photographs and other graphic images drawn from the collections of the Associated Press - is available to Charles River Campus affiliates, on-campus only.
The archive currently contains 700,000 photos, most of which are contemporary photographs taken since 1995. The archive includes thousands of historical images, dating back to the 1800s. The archive also makes available charts, graphs, tables, and maps from the AP's graphics portfolio. Copies of the images in the archive may be downloaded or printed for educational use.
The subscription database PressDisplay provides current issues of over 500
newspapers, both domestic and foreign. For a full list of available newspapers
see HERE.
Here are a few of the major U.S. newspapers you'll find:
| The Colorado Springs Gazette The Houston Chronicle Los Angeles Times The Oklahoman The Orange County Register New York Daily News New York Post New York Sun Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Richmond Times-Dispatch San Francisco Chronicle San Jose Mercury News |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Times The Sonoma Index-Tribune South Florida Times The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) Star Tribune Tampa Tribune The Wall Street Journal Asia The Wall Street Journal Europe The Washington Post The Washington Times USA Today |
Ethnic
NewsWatch 1990+ BU-px Not just
newspapers - contains more than 1.1 million articles from more than 260 ethnic,
minority and native publications. More than 237,000 articles are in Spanish.
LexisNexis
Academic BU-px Covers wide variety
of domestic and international publications selectively; availability of full
text varies, most 1985+. Other news media covered include wire services,
transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, and polls.
World News Connection 1995+
BU (temporarily unavailable off-campus) Government-provided summaries
in English of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings,
radio and television broadcasts.
Press
Display Current 60 days. BU-px
Searchable,
full-color, full-page format of over 260 domestic and international titles.
(about
translations)
Massachusetts Newsstand (Proquest) 1990+ BU-px
Included full text titles:
- The Berkshire Eagle; Pittsfield, Mass. 2005+
- Boston Globe; Boston, Mass. 1980+
- Boston Herald; Boston, Mass. 1991+
- BusinessWest; Chicopee 1992+
- Gazette; Haverhill, Mass. 1992 - 1997
- New England Business; Dublin
- North Adams Transcript; North Adams, Mass. 2005+
- The Patriot Ledger; Quincy, Mass. 1991+
- Plymouth County Business Review; Pembroke 1991+
- Sentinel & Enterprise; Fitchburg, Mass. 2005+
- Standard Times; New Bedford, Mass. 1992 - 1997
- The Sun; Lowell, Mass. 2004+
- Telegram & Gazette; Worcester, Mass. 1989+
| The following databases are available courtesy of the
Boston Public Library and require a BPL card number (Massachusetts State
Residents can sign
up for a Boston
Public Library eCard for access)
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New York Times (Historical) 1851-2004. BU-px Full page in-context pdf (B & W) images as well as individual item pdf images are available.Fully searchable.
Early American Newspapers 1690-1876. BU-px Series 1 only; click here for a list of titles. Access to Series 1-3 available through BPL with BPL card number (see below). Note: Series 2 and 3 contain additional titles and issues rather than a new range of years.
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers (Penn State)
NOTE: The following databases are available courtesy of the Boston Public Library and require a BPL card number (Massachusetts State Residents can sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard for remote access except as noted below.)
- America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 including Early American Newspapers Series 1 - 3 . Full page in-context pdf; access by date, newspaper name and/or geographic area; search text within pages.
- Boston Globe (1872-1924) Both full page and article digital images in PDF format with searchable full text back to the first issue.
- Harper's Weekly (1857-1912) (use at BPL only)
Ethnic
NewsWatch 1990+ BU-px Not just
newspapers - contains more than 1.1 million articles from more than 260 ethnic,
minority and native publications. More than 237,000 articles are in Spanish.
LexisNexis
Academic BU-px Covers wide variety
of domestic and international publications selectively; availability of full
text varies, most 1985+. Other news media covered include wire services,
transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, and polls.
World News Connection 1995+
BU (temporarily unavailable off-campus) Government-provided summaries
in English of international newspaper articles, conference proceedings,
radio and television broadcasts.
New
York Times (Historical) 1851-2004. BU-px Full
page in-context pdf (B & W) images as well as individual item pdf
images are available.Fully searchable.
Early
American Newspapers 1690-1876. BU-px Series
1 only; click
here for a list of titles. Access to Series 1-3 available through
BPL with BPL card number (see below). Note: Series 2 and 3 contain additional
titles and issues rather than a new range of years.
Massachusetts Newsstand (Proquest) 1990+ BU-px
Included full text titles:
- The Berkshire Eagle; Pittsfield, Mass. 2005+
- Boston Globe; Boston, Mass. 1980+
- Boston Herald; Boston, Mass. 1991+
- BusinessWest; Chicopee 1992+
- Gazette; Haverhill, Mass. 1992 - 1997
- New England Business; Dublin
- North Adams Transcript; North Adams, Mass. 2005+
- The Patriot Ledger; Quincy, Mass. 1991+
- Plymouth County Business Review; Pembroke 1991+
- Sentinel & Enterprise; Fitchburg, Mass. 2005+
- Standard Times; New Bedford, Mass. 1992 - 1997
- The Sun; Lowell, Mass. 2004+
- Telegram & Gazette; Worcester, Mass. 1989+
NOTE: The following
databases are available courtesy of the Boston Public Library and
require a BPL card number (Massachusetts State Residents can sign
up for a Boston
Public Library eCard for remote access except
as noted below.)
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Early American Newspapers
Mugar Memorial Library has an extensive film collection of U.S. newspapers from the late 18th and early 19th centuries - too many to list here. These papers may be found by searching the series name, Early American Newspapers, as a title in the Boston University Online Catalog. They may also be found by searching the catalog by title for the indvidual newspaper names, or by searching by subject for the geographic place of publication followed by the subheading "Newspapers" (for example: "Boston (Mass.) -- Newspapers").
NOTE: Many (but not all) of these newspapers are duplicated in the digitized set Early American Newspapers 1690-1876. BU-px Series
1 only; click
here for a list of titles. Access to Series 1-3 available through
BPL with BPL card number.
The library also has a few 18th century American newspapers on film that are arranged alphabetically in the left-hand cabinets that face the front of the forms Room:
- The American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mugar Mfilm December 22, 1719 - May 22, 1746.
- The Boston News-Letter (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm 1704 - 1742.
- The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) Mugar Mfilm October 29, 1764 - December 31, 1792.
- Dorr, Harbottle: The Harbottle Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers Mugar Mfilm vols. I-IV (1765 - 1776).
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.African-American Newspapers
Mugar Memorial Library has a number of African-American newspapers on film. Papers with only the location "Mugar Mfilm" (no call number) are arranged alphabetically in the left-hand cabinets that face the front of the Microforms Room.
- The Afro-American (Baltimore, Maryland) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .A3M and E185.5 .A37 and E185.5 .N48 1893 - 1985.
- Amsterdam News (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .N53 1963 - 1986.
- The Black Panther (Oakland, California) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .B55 vol. 2 (1968) - 20 (September 1980).
- Freedom's Journal (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .E27vol. 1(March 16, 1827) - vol. 2, no. 104 (March 28, 1829).
- Guardian (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .G82 and E185.5 .G83 1901 - April 20, 1957.
- Los Angeles Sentinel (Los Angeles, California) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .L67 1946 - 1985.
- Milwaukee Courier (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .M54 1964 - 1967, 1982.
- National Era (Washington, DC) Mugar Mfilm 1847 - 1860.
- National Principia (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm 1859 - 1866.
- Negro World (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Mugar Mfilm July 1926 - June 1933.
- New Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .P57 March 25, 1911 - present.
- New York Age (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .N52 January 5, 1905 - February 27, 1960.
- The Philadelphia Tribune (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mugar Mfilm E185.5 .P44 1933 - 1969, July 1970 - 1985.
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.French Newspapers, 1939-1945
Mugar Memorial Library has film copies of a number of newspapers published in France during the World War II era. These papers are arranged alphabetically in the left-hand cabinets that face the front of the Microforms Room.
- L'Action Francaise (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm 1939.
- Le Cri du Peuple de Paris (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm October 1940 - August 1944.
- La Depeche du Toulouse (Toulouse, France) Mugar Mfilm January 1939 - December 1940.
- Gringoire (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm 1939.
- L'Independant des Pyrenees (Pau, France) Mugar Mfilm 1939 - August 1944.
- Liberation (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm August 1944 - December 1944.
- Le Libertaire (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm January 1939 - August 1939.
- La Liberte (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm January 1939 - May 1939.
- Le Midi Socialiste (Toulouse, France) Mugar Mfilm 1939 - August 1940.
- L'Oeuvre (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm 1939.
- Le Populaire de Paris (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm January 1939 - July 1939.
- La Revolution Nationale (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm October 1941 - August 1944.
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.Great Britain - Communist Party Newspapers
Mugar Memorial Library has film copies of newspapers published by the Communist Party of Great Britain during and after the First World War. These papers are arranged alphabetically in the left-hand cabinets that face the front of the Microforms Room.
- The Call (London, England) Mugar Mfilm 1916 - 1920.
- The Communist (London, England) Mugar Mfilm 1920 - 1923.
- Workers Weekly (London, England) Mugar Mfilm No. 1 (1923) - No. 205 (1927).
- Workers Life (London, England) Mugar Mfilm No. 1 (1927) - No. 152 (1929).
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.Underground Newspaper Collection
Mugar Memorial Library has a film collection of alternative newspapers from the 1960s. An index to the collection is kept in the forms Reference collection in the Current Periodicals Room.
- Underground Newspaper Collection Mugar Mfilm PN4888 .U6 F701963 - 1972 (Reels 1 - 116).
- Underground Newspaper film Collection. Table of Contents. Mugar Ref X PN4888 .U6 F70 Index 1963 - 1972.
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.Other Microfilm Newspapers
Mugar Memorial Library also has film backfiles of other U.S. and international newspapers. Consult the Boston University Online Catalog for the library's holdings of particular titles. Most of these newspapers, arranged alphabetically by title, are stored in the left-hand cabinets (Mugar Mfilm) that face the front of the forms Room. The papers that have call numbers assigned to them have been interfiled with the rest of the film collection in the Microforms Room.
- Avanti! (Milan, Italy) [Partito Socialista Italiano] Mugar Mfilm 1896 - 1926.
- El Debate (Madrid, Spain) Mugar Mfilm 1915 - 1936.
- The Emancipator (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [Workingmen's Party of the United States] Mugar Mfilm May 19, 1877 - September 8, 1877.
- Gay Community News (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm 1973 - July 1988.
- Guardian (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm AP2 .N244 vol. 29 (1976) - 43 (1991).
- I. F. Stone's Weekly (Washington, DC) Mugar Mfilm vol. 1 (1952) - 19 (1971).
- The Imperial Night-Hawk (Atlanta, Georgia) [The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan] Mugar Mfilm vol. 1 (1923) - 2 (1924).
- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan) Mugar Mfilm December 1941 - December 1945.
- London Gazette (London, England) Mugar Mfilm 1774 - June 19, 1784.
- Manchester Mercury (Manchester, England) Mugar Mfilm March 1752 - 1830.
- New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire) Mugar Mfilm November 3, 1827 - December 1957
- Die Republik (Berlin, Germany) Mugar Mfilm December 3, 1918 - June 24, 1919.
- Volkischer Beobachter (Munich, Germany) Mugar Mfilm 1920 - 1933.
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.
Civil War Newspapers - Northern
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted.
Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.
Mugar Memorial Library has a
film collection of newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
Papers in this collection, unless otherwise noted, are arranged alphabetically
in the left-hand cabinets (Mugar Mfilm) that face the front of the Microforms Room.
The collection includes papers from both northern and southern states.
- Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) February 16, 1857 - May 21, 1867
- Atlas & Argus (Albany, New York) January 1, 1860 - December 3, 1865
- Burlington Daily Hawkeye (Burlington, Iowa) January 1860 - December 1865
- Cairo City Weekly Gazette (Cairo City, Illinois) February 1861 - February 1862
- Cairo War Eagle & Daily Evening Extra (Cairo City, Illinois) November 18, 1864 - April 21, 1865
- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 1849 - 1901, 1957 - present.
Note: The location for the Chicago Tribune is Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER. - Chicago Weekly Democrat (Chicago, Illinois) November 26, 1833 - July 27, 1861
- Cincinnati Daily Commercial (Cincinnati, Ohio) April 12, 1861 - December 30, 1865
- Cincinnati Daily Gazette (Cincinnati, Ohio) November 1, 1859 - December 30, 1865
- Columbia City News (Columbia City, Indiana) January 6, 1859 - February 23, 1864
- The Constitution (Keokuk, Iowa) March 6, 1862 - February 17, 1866
- La Crosse Daily Union and Democrat (La Crosse, Wisconsin) October 15, 1859 - December 30, 1865
- Daily Alta Californian (San Francisco, California) January 4, 1849 - December 31, 1865
- Daily Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) December 14, 1857 - March 23, 1866
- Dubuque Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) January 1, 1860 - December 31, 1865
- Easton Argus (Easton, Pennsylvania) March 19, 1857 - December 21, 1865
- Easton Free Press (Easton, Pennsylvania) June 2, 1859 - December 27, 1866
- Easton Sentinel (Easton, Pennsylvania) April 27, 1849 - December 30, 1869
- Evening Day Book (New York, New York) January 19, 1852 - August 29, 1861
- The Evening Star (Washington, DC) September 29, 1859 - April 30, 1866
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (New York, New York) December 15, 1855 - December 1900
- Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) March 18, 1861 - December 25, 1868
- Hartford Daily Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) January 1858 - December 1865
- Hartford Weekly Times (Hartford, Connecticut) January 2, 1847 - December 31, 1884
- Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, Massachusetts) July 26, 1851 - December 31, 1869
- Joliet Signal (Joliet, Illinois) January 1, 1861 - December 22, 1864
- Mahoning Sentinel (Youngstown, Ohio) April 19, 1860 - November 3, 1864
- National Era (Washington, DC) 1847 - 1860
- National Principia (New York, New York) 1859 - 1866
- New Hampshire Sentinel (Keene, New Hampshire) November 3, 1827 - December 1957
- New York Herald (New York, New York) January 1860 - December 1865
- The New York Times (New York, New York) 1851 - present.
Note: The location for The New York Times is Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER. - New York Tribune (New York, New York) January 1857 - December 1866
- The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) September 21, 1859 - January 19, 1866
- Sunday Mercury (New York, New York) October 10, 1841 - September 15, 1867
- True American and Mahoning Register (Youngstown, Ohio) February 14, 1855 - August 23, 1866
- Washington Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, DC) 1800 - January 16, 1866
- Wilmington Daily Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) January 2, 1860 - July 14, 1866
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted.
Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.
Civil War Newspapers - Southern
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted.
Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.
Mugar Memorial Library has a
film collection of newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
Papers in this collection, unless otherwise noted, are arranged alphabetically
in the left-hand cabinets (Mugar Mfilm) that face the front of the Microforms Room.
The collection includes papers from both northern and southern states.
- Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) June 17, 1868 - December 31, 1894
- Camp Kettle (Beaufort, South Carolina)
January 7, 1862 and May 1, 1862
Note: This is on the reel for the Free South. Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) December 5, 1864 - April 5, 1873 Charleston Mercury (Charleston, South Carolina) January 1, 1822 - November 16, 1868 Daily Southern Guardian (Columbia, South Carolina) April 6, 1858 - May 10, 1870 Note: These reels are filed under "Southern Guardian". - Free South (Port Royal, South Carolina)
January 17, 1863 - November 19, 1864
Note: This reel also contains the New South, the Palmetto Herald, the Camp Kettle, and the Hospital Transcript. - Hospital Transcript (Hilton Head, South Carolina) July 8, 1865
Note: This is on the reel for the Free South. - Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) July 18, 1857 - December 30, 1877
- New Orleans Bee (New Orleans, Louisiana) January 1, 1858 - December 30, 1865
- New Orleans Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) January 25, 1837 - October 6, 1876
- New South (Port Royal, South Carolina)
March 15, 1862 - September 29, 1866; and issue for March 7,
1895
Note: This is on the reel for the Free South. - Palmetto Herald (Port Royal, South Carolina) March 17, 1864 - December 24,
1864
Note: This is on the reel for the Free South. - Richmond Daily Whig (Richmond, Virginia) January 1860 - December 1865
- Southern Confederacy and Gate City Guardian (Atlanta,
Georgia)
- Gate City Guardian: February 12, 1861 - March 2, 1861
- Southern Confederacy: March 4, 1861 - February 8, 1865
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page; digital copies are free.
Current Newspapers (micro backfile)
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted.
If you are searching
by subject, many major newspapers have online indexing, but charge to order
the full text of an article. Search the online index and note the exact date
for access to our microfilm holdings.
Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page.
A few major current newspapers for which we have
microfilm backfiles include:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1944 - present.
- The
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1972
- present.
- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER Library has: 1849 - 1901, 1957 - present.
- Christian
Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1908
- 1918, 1922 - September 1983, November 1983 - present.
- Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1969 - present.
- Le Monde (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm
AN20 .F44 1964 - present
- New
York Times (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1851
- present. also New
York Times Historical
- Sunday
Times (London, England) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1967 -
present.
- The
Times (London, England) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1785 -
present.
- The
Village Voice (New York, New York) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1971
- present.
- The
Wall Street Journal (New York, New York) Pardee film NEWSPAPER 1955
- present.
- Washington Post Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1969 - present.
Microfilm is arranged
by newspaper name and date, unless noted. If you are searching
by subject, many major newspapers have online indexing, but charge to order
the full text of an article. Search the online index and note the exact date
for access to our microfilm holdings. Equipment is available
in the microforms area for making copies @ .25/page.Mugar library has a limited collection of current newspapers in print; we retain 3 months.
Mugar library has a limited collection of current newspapers in print; we retain 3 months.
has over 300 newspapers from other countries.
- Literaturnaia Gazeta (Moscow,
Russia)
- Le Monde (Paris, France) Mugar Mfilm AN20 .F44 1964 - present.
- El Pais (Madrid, Spain)
- San Juan Star (San
Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Sunday Times (London, England) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1967 - present.
- The Times (London, England) Mugar Mfilm NEWSPAPER 1785 - present.
has over 300 newspapers from other countries.
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Mugar Reserve
Recent issues of five newspapers are kept on Reserve in Mugar Memorial
Library until they are replaced by microfilm. All issues of The Washington
Post are kept on Reserve; the current week's issues of the other
papers are kept in the Current Periodicals Room, and older issues are
on Reserve.
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Susan Wishinsky
771 Commonwealth Avenue | Boston, MA | 02215 | 617-353-2700 | Boston University
771 Commonwealth Avenue | Boston, MA | 02215 | 617-353-2700 | Boston University