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Database-Accessible Newspapers
Major Daily Connecticut Newspapers
Local Connecticut Town Papers
Newspapers can be a great source of information, whether you are looking for yesterday's stock values or Mark Twain's letter to the editor in 1868. This is a guide to newspaper access available at the Marvin K. Peterson Library.
The Marvin K. Peterson Library carries the following newspapers in print. If they are also available in microform, in a database, or from a website, that information is also noted.
New Haven Register:
Print: The current two weeks is available at the library circulation desk.
Website: http://www.nhregister.com/. Free registration provides access to an archive that dates back to 1999. Access via the "Search Site" box at the top of the screen. Obituaries are searchable back to April 2000.New York Times:
Print: The current one month is available in print at the library circulation desk.
Microfilm: 1934-present
NYT Index 1863-1989 in Reference AI21 .N44
Database access available via:
From 09/14/1857 to 12/31/2003 in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
From 06/01/1980 to present in ProQuest Selectable Full Text Newspapers
From 06/01/1980 to present in LexisNexis Academic
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/. Free registration allows you access to most areas of NYTimes.com as well as free e-newsletters, including Today's Headlines, Breaking News Alerts, @Times, Ticket Watch, Movie Update, and Great Getaways.
Wall Street Journal:
Print: The current one month is available in print at the library circulation desk.
Microfilm: 1955-present
Database access available via:
From 07/08/1889 to 1959 in ProQuest Historical Newspapers
From 01/02/1984 to present in ABI/INFORM Global and ProQuest Selectable Full Text Newspapers
Website: http://online.wsj.com/public/us. This access just allows a browse on the day's headlines, unless you sign up for a paid subscription.
Financial Times:
The current one month is available in print at the library circulation desk.
Some of our subscription databases allow newspaper access, which has been digitized, so that images are available as well.
Associated Press (AP) Photo Archive
The AP Photo Archive is a database of international and North American photographs and graphics such as maps, logos and illustrations from the Associated Press from 1826-present.
Comprehensive periodical resource with more than 60 million database records. More than 11,000 titles, backfile coverage from 1980, and an intuitive search interface make this a useful source for most popular, business, and professional topics.
A general purpose database that provides the full text of international journals and newspapers. You can search for information by type of publication (newspapers, transcripts, magazines, blogs, etc.), or by geographic area. This database includes the following modules to help focus your searching: General, News, Legal, Business and People (biographical) sections.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Available through ProQuest Direct. An online collection of historical newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor (1908-1993), Hartford Courant (1764-1922), Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), New York Times (1851-2003), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), and Washington Post (1877-1990). The Historical Hartford Courant is also available via iCONN (www.iconn.org).
Note: The Hartford Courant - Historical is not automatically selected if you click on the "ProQuest Historical Newspapers" link, above. If you would like to search Hartford Courant - Historical as well, you must click on "select multiple databases," then on the next screen check the box next to "ProQuest Historical Newspapers Hartford Courant 1764-1922."
Available through ProQuest Direct or via iCONN. An online collection of several current major newspapers:
The Boston Globe (1980-); Christian Science Monitor (1988-); Hartford Courant (1992-); Los Angeles Times (1985-); New York Times (1980-); Wall Street Journal (1984-) and Washington Post (1987-). You may search the entire database or choose just one newspaper at a time.
♦Major Daily Connecticut Newspapers
The following is a listing of websites for Connecticut's main daily newspapers:
Bridgeport:
Bristol:
Danbury:
Greenwich:
Hartford:
Manchester:
Meriden:
Middletown:
New Britain: New Britain Herald New Haven: New Haven Register New London: New London Day Norwich: Norwich Bulletin Stamford: Stamford Advocate Torrington: Register Citizen Waterbury: Waterbury Republican-American Westport: Westport News Willimantic: Willimantic Chronicle
♦Local Connecticut Town Papers (Non-Daily)
For town news that might only be found in a local weekly paper, there is website access for the following newspapers, listed below by town:
This and other guides are available in the display racks near the Information Desk and online at our home page. Look for the Library Guides link.
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