newspaper databases

Academic Universe. Title changed to LexisNexis Academic on 08/16/02.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive [AccuNet/AP] Searchable archive of historical and contemporary Associated Press photos from the nineteenth century to the present. Brief stories available for most contemporary photos 48 hours after publication. Also included are maps, charts, logos and other graphics produced for the AP. WARNING! Use Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator 6.2 is not supported by this database.

The Chronicle of Higher Education Source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.

eLibrary Curriculum [Chadwyck-Healey] Articles from magazines, newspapers and journals plus transcripts for media broadcast programs, maps and other quick reference resources. The articles include an assessment of the reading level. Originally titled Electric Library, then BigChalk, and now eLibrary Curriculum.

Ethnic Newswatch [ProQuest] News, culture and history from 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. Approximately 350,000 complete articles (1995 onward) are available. Approximately 7,500 new articles are added each month. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages.

Historical Archive of The London Gazette [Various Publishers] Historical Archive of The London Gazette [Various Publishers] "Published by Authority". The London Gazette is the official newspaper of record for England; The Crown copyright. This web site also provides access to the Edinburgh (Scotland) Gazette and the Belfast (Ireland) Gazette, the other two official newspapers of record for the United Kingdon. Each gazette includes government notices, regulations, etc. (similar to the U.S. government's Federal Register) and notices of legal proceeings such as bankruptcies. Of special interest to students is the historical archive for each Gazette which includes issues of the Gazette and its Supplements published during World War I and World War II or relating to those wars. The archive is fully searchable; Adobe Reader is required for viewing the issues which are in PDF format. Best viewed with Internet Explorer v.5 or higher.

Historical Newspapers: New York Times [ProQuest] Fully searchable access to the content of the New York Times newspaper from 1851 to 2004. Includes full page, PDF format images for non-copyrighted years. Images for an additional year will be added annually to the Deep Backfile as copyright expires. Includes the full run of the newspaper beginning with issue number one in 1851.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers for TexShare [GaleGroup] Includes articles from the Austin, Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth daily newspapers, plus the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Times (London, England), the Financial Times and the Knight-Ridder/Tribune newswire backfile and more. See: http://www.gale.com/tlist/online/CUSN_by_state.xls for a complete list of the newspapers.

LexisNexis Academic [LexisNexis] International in scope. News includes General, Today's, World, and U.S. (by region) News, Transcripts, Wires, Arts & Sports (inclues reviews), Campus, and Non-English Language News. Business includes Business News, Company Financial, Compare Companies, SEC Filings & Reports, Industry & Market, Accounting, and Directories. Full-text for most items.

MasterFILE Premier [EBSCO] Designed specifically for the Public Library, MasterFILE Premier offers informationon a broad variety of subjects, including general interest, multi-cultural, business, and much more. Searchable full text for over 1,820 journals, including Consumer Reports, and Business Week and other major U.S. weekly new magazines, the New York Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. Also included are searchable full text for nearly 5,000 Magill's Book Reviews, nearly 1,400 journals with images, the Essential Documents in American History database, full transcripts of major political speeches and news briefings, over 1.7 million company records from Dun & Bradstreet, and much more.

NewsBank [Newsbank] Includes Access World News (the full text from U. S. and international newspapers current through the previous day), Newsbank Retrospective (full text on selected subjects from selected U. S, newspapers, 1970-1991), Newbank Special Reports (current topics), and Newsbank Maps. For The San Antonio Express-News click on the link under "Access World News."

Newspaper Source [EBSCO]

The Ranger Image Collection. This collection is composed of scanned images of The Ranger, the student newspaper for San Antonio College. Breaks in the collection are due to the unavailability of copies for scanning. The collection includes: Vol. 7, Fall 1931- Vol. 15, 1941; Fall 1946 - Fall 1959 (some semesters missing); Spring 1960 - Fall 1982; Spring 1988 - Fall 1998; Fall 2003; Spring 2004 - Fall 2006. (NOTE: No issues were found for Fall 1941 - Spring 1946 (WWII) and the years 1956 - 1957.) Additional images from the backfile will be added periodically. In the future, images for the current year will be added during the following year, e.g., 2005 during 2006. This collection is not searchable by keyword or subject and lacks a published index. The Ranger Online includes archives for the issues of the newspaper from Fall 2004 to present. Question or comments regarding this collection may be sent to Susan Myers smyers@mail.accd.edu.
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Regional Business News [EBSCO] formerly Business Wire News. Updated daily, Business Wire News provides comprehensive full text for 35 international newswires and 49 regional business publications. This database also provides abstracts and indexing for 14 additional regional business publications. Full-text for most items.

The San Antonio Express-News is in Newsbank, in the "Access World News" section at the top of the page.

TexShare Newspapers, see Info-Trac Custom Newspapers for TexShare.