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Articles from Current Newspapers

	Daily News-Record Daily News-Record online with links to other area newspapers. (free web site for today's paper) Daily News-Record Search and Archives via Readex, 1993-present (JMU users get archival articles for free)[more info] Coverage: 1993 - present Internet
	Access World News (Readex) Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources.[more info] Coverage: 1977 - present Campus/Remote
	Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) Full text and indexing for ethnic, minority, and international newspapers and magazines...[more info] Coverage: 1949 - Present Campus/Remote
	Dow Jones Factiva (Factiva) Factiva's name has been changed to Dow Jones Factiva 2/18/2008. Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports...[more info] Coverage: Current Campus/Remote
	LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis is updating this interface environment April 26, 2008 - changes are subtle. Preview the changes here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more...[more info] Coverage: Current Campus/Remote
	Newspaper Source (EBSCO) Selected full text for U.S. and international newspapers...[more info] Coverage: 1975 - present Campus/Remote
	World News Digest (Facts On File News Services) Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. Content includes full text articles, essays...[more info] Coverage: 1940 - present Campus/Remote

Articles from Historical Newspapers

These are great sources for historical events.  Be careful to look at the dates of coverage for each of these sources.

	America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 (Readex) Cover-to-cover digital facsimiles of 1,000 historic newspapers from every state...[more info] Coverage: 1690 - 1922 Campus/Remote
	American Periodical Series (ProQuest) Digitized page images from American magazines and journals of all types. Titles range from some of the first...[more info] Coverage: 1740 - 1900 Campus/Remote
	HarpWeek (Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912) (HarpWeek) A full-text database of Harper's Weekly text and images from the 19th century (1857-1912) ...[more info] Coverage: 1857 - 1912 Campus/Remote
	New York Times: Historical (ProQuest) Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago...[more info] Coverage: Sept 18,1851 - about 3 years ago Campus/Remote
	Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest) Full text for journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.[more info] Coverage: 1800's - 1995 Campus/Remote
	Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (HW Wilson) Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States...[more info] Coverage: 1890 - 1982 Campus/Remote
	Times Digital Archive (Gale) Search every word of every page of The London Times, and view PDF facsimiles of either a specific article or a...[more info] Coverage: 1785 - 1985 Campus/Remote
	Washington Post: Historical (ProQuest) Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 15 years ago...[more info] Coverage: Dec 12, 1877 - about 15 years ago Campus/Remote

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