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    News Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.

    Newspapers Databases

              ProQuest Historical Newspapers

                         The ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection documents the past in the complete historical backfiles of leading U.S. newspapers, each with its own unique perspective. They provide a richly faceted view of the American experience, from frontier days to modern times. All are offered from the the first issue forward.  Every issue is presented in cover-to-cover full page image, complete with the ads, photos, and other graphics that put the news in its context.

                        

    • Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
      • Full text of U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, newsletters and journals; wire service reports; transcripts of television & radio news broadcasts; reviews, entertainment & sports news; Chronicle of Higher Education and student newspapers; foreign language news; and more.
      • Includes full text of the Baltimore Sun (1994 through current); New York Times (June 1980 through current; abstract from 1969 to May 1980); and Washington Post (1997 through current).
      • Note: This database provides text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc.
    • FindArticles.com
      • Search for articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals, as well as USA Today.
      • Note: Text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc. Nor does it provide volume, issue, or page numbers.
    • See also Education News.

    Location of Newspapers in Hoover Library

    • Current issues are located on newspaper racks on 2nd floor. Issues up to 3 months old are kept in the newspaper bookcase on 2nd floor.
    • Library carries back issues of only the New York Times, 1851 (vol.1) to present; and the Washington Post 1977, (vol. 100) to present. These are on microfilm, located in black cabinets on 2nd floor.

    Newspapers in Maryland

    New York Times

    • New York Times on the Web
      • Search and retrieve full text of today's articles and selected past articles. Requires a free registration.
      • Summaries from 1996 to present is free from their 365-Day Archive.
    • Hoover Library keeps paper issues of the New York Times until microfilm arrives.
      Hoover Library carries back issues on microfilm from 1851 (vol.1) to present.
    • The New York Times Index (1851 to present) is located in the Index section of the Reference area (Call number: Index 070 N532).

    Washington Post

    • Search Washingtonpost.com
      • Full text stories from the past 2 weeks are free.
      • Search for citations of articles from 1877 to two weeks ago at theWashingtonpost.com Archives.
    • Hoover Library keeps paper issues of the Washington Post until microfilm arrives.
      Hoover Library does not receive the Saturday paper.
      Hoover Library carries back issues on microfilm from Jan. 1977 (v.100) to present.
    • The Washington Post Index (1989 to present) is located in the Index section of the Reference area (Call number: Index 070 W319).

    National U.S. Newspapers

    Newspapers in the U.S.

    • ABYZ News Links - United States
      • Links to online news sources from around the world, primarily newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
    • News Sources from the United States (Kidon Media-Link)
      • Links to newspapers, news magazines, television, radio, and news agencies in the U.S
    • U.S. News Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)
      • U.S. newspapers with searchable online archives. Some newspapers provide free full text articles. Others require a fee. All citations are free.

    Newspapers Worldwide

    • ABYZ News Links
      • Links to online news sources from around the world, primarily newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
    • American Journalism Review
      • News and columns from American Journalism Review magazine and other online features.
    • Kidon Media-Link
      • Newspapers, news magazines, television, radio, and news agencies organized by countries and languages.
    • Newslink
      • Links to newspapers, broadcasters and magazines and JobLink advertising.
    • Online Newspapers (Internet Public Library)
      • Online newspapers from around the world.  Can be searched by title.
    • Non-U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)
      • Newspapers from around the world with online archives.  A few newspapers provide free full-text articles.

    Newspaper Archives

    • U.S. News Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)
      • U.S. newspapers with searchable online archives. Some newspapers provide free full text articles. Others require a fee. All citations are free.
    • United States Newspaper Program (National Endowment for the Humanities)
      • Is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
    • Non-U.S. Newspaper Archives on the Web (Special Libraries Association)
      • Newspapers from around the world with online archives.  A few newspapers provide free full text articles.

    News Magazines

    News Broadcasters

    • ABC
    • BBC News (U.K.)
      • Current news stories English, Welsh, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.
    • BBC World Service
      • Current news stories from all over the world in many languages. One of the most international in scope of the news services.
    • CBC (Canada)
    • CBS
    • CNN
    • Fox News
    • MSNBC
    • NBC
    • ABYZ News Links
      • Links to online news sources from around the world, primarily newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
    • Kidon Media-Link
      • Newspapers, news magazines, television, radio, and news agencies organized by countries and languages.

    News Radio

    • BBC World Service (U.K.)
      • http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
      • Live RealAudio news broadcasts in Albanian, Arabic, Azeri, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, English, French, German Greek, Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Nepali, Pashta, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese.  There is also a Caribbean broadcast in English.
    • National Public Radio News
    • Radio Free Asia (funded by the U.S. Congress)
      • News broadcasts and texts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Tibetan and Vietnamese.
    • Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (based in Prague, funded by the U.S. Congress)
      • Live RealAudio news broadcasts in the languages of former Communist countries in Europe.  Languages of broadcast: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Moldovan, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Ukrainian and Uzbek.
    • Voice of America (International Broadcasting Bureau)
      • RealAudio news broadcasts in Arabic, Bangla, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Creole, Czech, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese.
    • Kidon Media-Link
      • Newspapers, news magazines, television, radio, and news agencies organized by countries and languages.