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These pages are intended to provide the same services as the old Beebe Library - but we're bring the library to you!
When
looking for a specific newspaper by name, use the eJournal
Locator...
...or let us help you find the content and format you need.
Are you looking for:
Which format?
Which format?
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)
| 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.
Access NewspaperARCHIVE Very selective in coverage. Access only by date, newspaper name and/or geographic area; search text within pages.
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)
You can view lists of some categories of historical newspapers on microfilm HERE, or by visiting the Guide to Historical Newspapers. 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.
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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