Foreign News Indexes

The University of Minnesota Libraries has subscriptions to some of the more important foreign newspapers in the world, but not all of these newspapers have indexes. Below is a list of the indexes that are available in Wilson Library.

Australia

APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service). (monthly).

A subject guide to scholarly periodical literature in the social sciences and humanities published in Australia, and to selected periodical articles, conference papers, books, and newspaper articles on Australian economic, social, cultural, and political affairs.
Holdings: no 1, 1955 - Date
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto H1 .A88x; latest year in Wilson Reference

Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

Bibliographie der Deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur, mit Einschluss von Sammelwerker. [German]

An index to the principal articles in German and some Austrian papers. Issued as a weekly, 1928-1929; as a fortnightly 1909-1922, 1930-33; monthly 1934- 1944. Not published 1923-1927, but papers for those years were indexed in Wilson quarto 016.05 B47.
Holdings: Beilage-Band. bd. 1 (1909) - bd. 6 (1913/14); bd. 9 (1916/17) - bd. 31 (1944); b. 9 (1916/17) bound with bd. 39 of Wilson quarto 016.05 B47
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto 016.05 B47 Suppl. B

Der Spiegel Index.

Der Spiegel is a weekly newsmagazine with international coverage.
Holdings: 1947 - Date
Location: Wilson Reference MFiche 99

Zeitungs Index. [German]

An index to nineteen daily German newspapers, but which is three years behind in publishing.
Holdings: 1 Jahr,: Jan/Marz 1974 - Date.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) AI19 .Z44; latest 10 years in Wilson Reference

Canada

Canadian Index. (monthly)

Continues Canadian News Index and also indexes The Financial Post and over 600 business--popular and academic--journals. Only selected articles from the various publications are indexed. Monthly issues held until replaced by CD-ROM cumulations: CBCA Index, 1993-
Holdings: 1993 - Date
Location: Print Index: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto AI3 .C245x; latest 10 years in Wilson Reference; CD-ROM: Ask at the Reference Desk.

Canadian News Index.

Indexing began with the Montreal Star, Toronto Star, Toronto Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, and Winnipeg Free Press. By 1984 the Calgary Herald, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Montreal Gazette, and Toronto Sunday Star were added to the coverage. Also called the Canadian Newspaper Index. Continued by Canadian Index.
Holdings: 1977 - 1992
Location: Wilson quarto AI3 .C31x

Canadian News Facts. (semi-monthly).

An indexed digest of Canadian news events. Indexes the daily newspapers and the Canadian Press (the national news-gathering agency).
Holdings: v.1 - Jan 16, 1967 - Date
Location: Wilson Reference quarto F1001 .C22x

Denmark

Dansk Artikelindeks=The Danish National Bibliography. Articles/udarbej det af Bibliotekscentralen.

Indexes articles from 18 newspapers and approx-imately 800 periodicals published in Denmark (and the Faroe Islands). Indexing is in Danish and English.
Holdings: 1979 - 1992.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) AI13 .D31x; latest 10 years in Wilson Reference

France and French Canada

France-Actualite. (annual; ceased). [French]

Computer-generated indexing/ abstracting service for French newspapers. Provides selective indexing to some of the dailies, i.e., Le Monde, Le Figaro, and L'Humanite, and full indexing to the weeklies. It is divided into two sections: 1) subject descrip-tor and 2) chronological sections.
Holdings: v. 1-3, 1978 - 1980.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) AI7 .F683

Tables du Journal Le Temps. (ceased) [French]

Le Temps became Le Monde 19 December 1944. Le Temps, for the years 1914-1940, is on microfilm in the Wilson newspapers collection and an index is included on the film.
Holdings: v. 1- 10, 1861 - 1900.
Location: Wilson Reference AI21 .T375

Le Monde. Index Analytique. (irregular; ceased) [French]

Indexes the most prestigious French paper published. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject. At the end of each letter of the alphabet is a list of the names cited within that section. Publication was irregular.
Holdings: 1944/45-1951, 1958, 1965-1968.
Location: Wilson Reference AI21 .M58

Index, Le Monde. (monthly). [French]

A new publication which resumes indexing of Le Monde. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.
Holdings: 1978 - Date.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI21 .M59x

India

Index India, (quarterly, but it is four years behind in publishing).

A quarterly list of selected articles, editorials, notes, letters, etc. from periodicals and newspapers published in English all over the world. Cumulates several indexes including the Indian Newspaper Index. Classified arrangement with alphabetical subject and author indexes. Material indexed pertains only to India.
Holdings: v.1-3 (1967-1969); v.6-8 (1972-1974); v.16, 1982- Date.
Location: Wilson Ames (Ref.) folio Z3203 .I5

Indian Press Index. (monthly, but is ten years behind in publishing).

Includes alphabetical subject and author indexes.
Holdings: v.1, 1968 - Date.
Location: Wilson Ames (Ref) quarto AI3 .I75

Russia

The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (weekly).

English translations of articles without comment taken from Russian newspapers and magazines in full or abridged form. Arranged by subject with quarterly indexes. Continues The Current Digest of the Soviet Press.
Holdings: v.44, no. 1, 1992 - Date.
Location: Wilson Periodicals

The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. (weekly).

English translations of articles without comment taken from Soviet newspapers and magazines in full or abridged form. Arranged by subject with quarterly indexes. Includes a complete index to the contents of the two leading Soviet dailies, Pravda and Izvestiia, through v.25, 1973. Continued by the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press.
Holdings: v.1, Feb. 1, 1949 - 1992.
Location: Wilson Periodicals

Index to Pravda. (ceased). [Russian]

A subject and personal name index to the former official Soviet newspaper.
Holdings: 1975 - 1977.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto AI21 .P73152

Letopis Gazetnykh Statei. (weekly). [Russian]

Indexes the most important articles from more than eighty metropolitan, regional, and subject newspapers. Includes classified subject arrangement, quarterly author and geographical name indexes, and since 1951 the newspapers of the various republics.
Holdings: 1960 - Date.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) AI15 .L35

Pravda Index. (ceased).

An English-language subject index.
Holdings: v.1 - 2, 1986 - 1987.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto AI21 .P73 P68x

Universal Database of Russian Newspapers

Coverage: 1995 - present
This database contains full-text files of 54 Russian newspapers (5 are English-language).

Spain

PAIS (Madrid, Spain). El Pais, Indice. (monthly) [Spanish]

A subject index to one of Spain's most popular newspapers. Indexes also the Barcelona and other editions and supplements.
Holdings: 1984 - Date. (Mfilm 3706: 1991-Date)
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI21 .P32 P34

Svenska Tidningsartiklar. (monthly). [Swedish]

Reviews the major Swedish dailies and weeklies; includes a section of reviews of books, theater, and art.
Holdings: Arg, 1. Jan. 1953 - Date.
Location: Wilson (Non-circulating) quarto AI13 .S78; latest 5 years in Wilson Reference

United Kingdom

The Guardian Index. (monthly, ceased).

An index to one of Britain's most important daily newspapers.
Holdings: 1842 - 1928: Mfilm 3117 in Wilson Reference; 1929 - 1972: Mfiche 109 in Wilson Reference; 1973 - 1985: Mfiche 109a in Wilson Reference; 1986 - 2000.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI21 G8 G82
Guides: Using the indexes, Wilson Reference AI21 .G78 G82x 1995.
Note: The Guardian is also indexed in Newspaper Abstracts, via Lumina [], 1989-; ask at Wilson Reference Desk.

The Independent/Official Index. (ceased).

Indexes the final editions of the Independent and Independent on Sunday.
Holdings: 1992 - 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI21 .I53 O34x

Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper.

Quarterly beginning the year 1790 (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31). Tends to be briefer than The Times Index, but is important because of the long period it covers. Includes indexing for the predecessor of The Times, The Daily Universal Register, 1785-1787. There is ample bio-graphical data and obituaries found under Deaths.
Holdings: 1785 - 1941.
Location: Wilson Reference AI21 .T5

Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790-1905 CD-ROM

Holdings: 1790 - 1905.
Location: Wilson Reference Desk.

The Times Index. (monthly).

The index to the long-running paper. The index is compiled from the final edition. Since 1973 the index includes the Sunday Times (Sunday Times Magazine), Times Literary Supplement, Times Educational Supplement (including Scottish edition), and The Times Higher Educational Supplement.
Holdings: 1906 - Date.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI21 .T46

Other Foreign News Sources

Absees: Soviet & East European Abstracts Series. (quarterly)

Printed summaries and lengthy abstracts in English of significant articles, notes or reports relating to business and economics from newspapers and periodicals of Russia and East European countries.
Holdings: v.1, 1970 - v. 22, 1992.
Location: Wilson DK266 .A2 A2x; Wilson Reference MFiche 10, v.18:1 (1988) - v.20:1 (1990). Continued by Abrees: Abstracts Russian and East European Series, Wilson Reference DK266 .A2 A2x 1993-.

African Recorder. (biweekly).

News events are summarized under the specific country; includes a section called Africa Outside Africa.
Holdings: v.1 Jan. 1/7, 1955 - Date.
Location: Wilson DT1 .A228
Latest 5 years in Wilson Reference.

Asian Recorder. (weekly).

News events are summarized under the specific country. Very similar to the African Recorder.
Holdings: v.1 Jan 1/7, 1955 - Date.
Location: Wilson Ames Reference quarto DS1 .A4747

Facts on File. (weekly).

A current classified digest of world news reported in more than seventy foreign and U.S. newspapers and news magazines.
Holdings: v. 1, 194 0 - Date.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto D410 .F14x

Jane's Foreign Report. (weekly).

"The private intelligence behind the news." A newsletter presenting background information on business and political developments throughout the world.
Holdings: 1951 - Date.
Location: Wilson Periodicals; library keeps latest year only

Keesings Record of World Events. (monthly).

Includes a world news digest for the previous month and short background articles on political and economic issues for various countries, international organizations, and themes. Also called Keesing's Contemporary Archives.
Holdings: v.1, 1931 - Date.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto D410 .K4

Latin American Weekly Report (London, England). (weekly).

Continues Latin America Weekly Report, 1979-83, and Weekly Report, 1984-1986. A newsletter which is especially useful for Latin American political and economic news.
Holdings: 1986 - Date.
Location: Wilson Periodicals. Latest year in Wilson Reserve.

Middle East Contemporary Survey. (annual)

Part 1 has scholarly essays on regional issues and international relations. Part 2 contains a country-by-country summary of internal and foreign affairs of the Arab states (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are excluded), Iran, Israel, and Turkey.
Holdings: v.1, 1976 - Date.
Location: Wilson DS62.8 .M53; latest 10 years in Wilson Reference

RFE/RL Newsline.

Daily report of developments in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
Holdings: April 1997 - Date.
Location: http://www.rferl.org/newsline/search/index.html

Swiss Review of World Affairs. (monthly, ceased).

A major news magazine covering world events. Includes both background information and editorial opinion.
Holdings: 1955 - 1997
Location: Wilson Periodicals

World News Connection.

Online file of full-text, English-language summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Earlier translations, FBIS Daily Reports, (1977 - 1997) are available on microfiche in the Wilson Government Publications Library. Indexes to the microfiche are available on CD-ROM and in paper formats.
Holdings: Late 1995 - Date.
Location: Via LUMINA, the University Libraries' homepage. Select Indexes under Articles and More, next select Full-Text Indexes, last listing on page (scroll to bottom). Also available from Wilson Government Publications Library homepage.

World Press Review (monthly)

Reprints articles from foreign magazines and newspapers.
Holdings: v.27, no. 3, March 1980 - Date.
Location: Wilson Periodicals. Also held on microfilm: MFilm 2416. Earlier years (1961-17 Feb. 1980) have titles Atlas and Atlas World Press Review.

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources. News.

News sites for various countries.
Location: http://www.etown.edu/vl/

Online Newspaper Collections - WWW Sites

Many newspapers have World-Wide Web sites that provide free access to recent news stories. These newspaper sites often also provide an archive section that indexes stories for the last several years. The Libraries' homepage provides access to several collections of newspaper sites. These world wide sites are normally arranged geographically.
Location: Select Article Indexes," next select "News Sources," select "Guides to More Information or News Sources", click on "American Newspapers", then click on "Selected Major American Newspapers by Title". For Foreign Newspapers click on "Foreign News Indexes" after clicking on "Guides to More Information or News Sources".

For other sources of international news:

• Ask the reference desk for the larger guide: "International and Foreign News: Current Sources in Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota."

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