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Current U.S. Newspapers

Current U.S. Newspapers

This guide will help you find current print and electronic newspapers and indexes to them available either in Wilson Library or through LUMINA. It contains four sections:

1. Current PRINT U.S. Newspapers (including electronic version information and indexes if available)
2. Current ELECTRONIC FULL-TEXT Newspaper COLLECTIONS
3. INDEXES to Collections of Newspapers, print and electronic
4. Searching for Current Newspaper Titles Using MNCAT

For detailed information on Minnesota Newspapers, please refer to the guide titled Minnesota News. If you have any questions, please ask at the Wilson Library 1st Floor Reference Desk.

Current Print U.S. Newspapers

This is a list of current print newspapers held by the University Libraries. For each title, information is also included about print holdings, available electronic access, and available indexing. This is NOT a list of all newspapers available electronically. You must check Current Electronic Full-Text Newspaper Collections, below, to see if a title not listed here is available elsewhere electronically. Because most newspaper web sites have from only 1-3 weeks of full-text free online, the web site addresses are not listed unless a substantial free full-text archive is available. For web site addresses, see Indexes to Collections Collections of Newspapers, below.

All print Holdings, unless otherwise noted, are in the Newspaper Room (basement) of Wilson Library.

Asian American Press (St. Paul, MN)
Print: Latest 2 months, Newspaper Room

Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Print: June 1868–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1991–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1971–1979; Wilson AI21 .A87 A85a; 1983–1999 and Wilson AI21 .A87 A86x.

The Boston Globe
Print: 1872–1930, 1988–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: Sept. 1988–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

Chicago Tribune
Print: 1849–Current, Newspaper Room
Print Index: 1972–2002; Wilson Reference AI21 .C45 C47

The Christian Science Monitor
Print: 1908–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1980–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1949–1999; Wilson Reference AI21 .C463 C45

The Circle (Minneapolis Regional Native American)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room
Online: 1994–Current, Ethnic Newswatch (see section 2 of this guide)
2000 –Current archives via the Internet (http://www.thecirclenews.org/)

City Pages (Minneapolis, MN)
Print: Latest 12 months only, Newspaper Room
Online: 1995–Current via the Internet (http://citypages.com)

De-bah-ji-mon–Telling News (Cass Lake, MN)
(Ojibwa Indians newspaper)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room

The Denver Post
Print: 1980–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1994–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print index: 1979–1999; Wilson Quarto AI21 .D44 B44

Des Moines Register
Print: Latest 6 months, Newspaper Room

The Detroit News
Print: 1943–Current, Newspaper Room
Print Index: 1976–1999; Wilson Quarto AI21 .D46 D47

Duluth News Tribune
Print: 1978–1982, 1987–1993, Latest 6 months, Newspaper Room
Online: Sept. 1997–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

France-Amerique
(In French)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room

Indian Country Today (Rapid City, SD)
Print: Latest 10 issues only, Newspaper Room

Insight (Minneapolis, MN)
(Minorities—Minnesota)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room
Online: Latest 9 months, via the Internet (http://www.insightnews.com)

Los Angeles Times
Print: 1962–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: Latest six months, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1972–1999; Wilson Quarto AI .L65 N49

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room
Online: Sept. 1995–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

Minnesota Daily
Print: 1900–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: Sept. 1997–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
For indexes, please see the Minnesota News guide.

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
(African-American newspaper)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room
Online: Latest 10 months via the Internet (http://spokesman-recorder.com)

Native American Press/Ojibwe News
Print: Latest 2 years, Newspaper Room

New York Amsterdam News
(African-American newspaper)
Print: 1962–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1993–Current, Ethnic Newswatch (see section 2 of this guide)

The New York Times
Print: 1857–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1980–Current, Lexis Nexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1851–Current, Location: Wilson Reference AI21 .N45
Online Index: 1969–June 1980 (Abstracts only), LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

Prensa de Minnesota
(Hispanic-American newspaper)
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room

St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch
Print: 1849–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1988–Current; Go to LUMINA (http://www.lib.umn.edu), select "Indexes" under "Articles & More," then select "S."
For Indexes, please see the Twin Cities Newspapers guide.

San Francisco Chronicle
Print: 1890–1899, 1913, 1918–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: Oct. 1989–Current, LexisNexis Acadmemic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1976–1999; Wilson Reference AI21 .S25 S26

The Seattle Times
Print: Latest year only, Newspaper Room
Online: 1990–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

Star Tribune
Print: 1867–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: Sept. 1991–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
For Indexes, please see the Twin Cities Newspapers guide.

USA Today
Print: 1978–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1989–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

Village Voice (New York, NY)
Print: 1955–Current, Newspaper Room

Wall Street Journal
Print: 1889–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1984–Current; Go to LUMINA (http://www.lib.umn.edu), select "Indexes" under "Articles & More," then select "W."
Print Index: 1955–1999; Wilson Business Reference AI21 .W3x
Online Index: May 1973–Current (Abstracts only), LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)

The Washington Post
Print: 1877–Current, Newspaper Room
Online: 1977–Current, LexisNexis Academic (see section 2 of this guide)
Print Index: 1971–1999; Wilson Quarto AI21 .W33 W36

Current Electronic Full-Text Newspaper Collections

 
Ethnic Newswatch
Location: Online from LUMINA (http://www.lib.umn.edu), select "Indexes" under "Articles and More." Then select "E" from the alphabetized list.
Description: Full-text articles from selected United States ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals.
Dates of Coverage: 1990–Present.
Availability: Use of this database within the University Libraries is open to the public. For remote access from outside of a library building, you must be a current University of Minnesota student, faculty or staff member.


LexisNexis Academic
Location: Online from LUMINA (http://www.lib.umn.edu), select "Indexes" under "Articles and More." Then select "L" from the alphabetized list.
Description: Full-text coverage of hundreds of newspapers from the United States. To search for an individual title, use the "Sources" link on the right top of the page. For assistance searching LexisNexis, please ask at the Wilson 1st Floor Reference Desk.
Dates of Coverage: Varies by title, from about the late 1980s to the present.
Availability: Use of this database within the University Libraries is open to the public. For remote access from outside of a library building, you must be a current University of Minnesota student, faculty or staff member.

Indexes to Collections of Newspapers

Collections of Newspaper Publisher Web Sites
Description: There are several collections of newspaper sites on the Web that are accessible via LUMINA. These collections provide links to the home pages of the individual newspapers, which often offer indexes to their archives. The individual titles and addresses are:

Dates of Coverage: Varies by title. Most newspapers only have the full-text available online for 1 to 3 weeks. However, the indexes to the newspaper articles usually go back several years.
Availability: These are free resources available from anywhere on the Web.
Location: Online from LUMINA (http://www.lib.umn.edu), select "Reference Sources," then "News Sources," then select "Directories of News Media Providers.

Searching for Current Newspaper Titles Using MNCAT

1. Finding out if the University Libraries own a specific newspaper title.

To find out if the University Libraries own a specific newspaper, you could go to MNCAT and type the title of the newspaper in the "Browse for" box. However, searching for an individual newspaper title in MNCAT can be very confusing. If you can't find the information you need for accessing newspapers by searching MNCAT or using this guide, either call (612) 624-2373 or go to the Wilson Library 1st floor Reference Desk and ask for help.

2. Finding newspapers by city, county or state.

Using MNCAT (from LUMINA at http://www.lib.umn.edu, then select MNCAT under "Books & More")

  1. Select "Advanced" search (located in the top bar.)
  2. In the first "General Keywords" search field, enter the location, e.g., Denver.
  3. Limit search by "Format."
  4. Scroll through the materials list and select "Newspapers." Click "Submit."

Blue Notebooks

If you are having problems finding a newspaper by city or state via MNCAT, there is a set of blue notebooks in the Wilson 1st Floor Reference Desk Collection that lists all Wilson Library newspapers by state and then by city. Ask at the reference desk for help finding the blue notebooks.

 

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