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Newspaper Source Plus - START HERE
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
more than 860 full-text newspapers, including New York Times (1985 to present), Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, The Times (UK), Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times (DC), Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, etc. Also TV and radio news transcripts, including: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and more.

Gale Full Text Newspapers
on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from N.Y. Times (1995+), S.F. Chronicle (‘96+), San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Sacramento Bee, Fresno Bee, Denver Post, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Seattle Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Times (London, England), Guardian (London, England), Manila Bulletin (Philippines), Korea Times, International Herald Tribune

NEWS SITES
Links to newspaper & news websites from U.S. & Worldwide.

Skyline View Online
Skyline's student newspaper

Alternative Press Center
Links to publications presenting alternative viewpoints

Project Censored
Lists of important news stories that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: Resource for information on newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present; more than 680,000 individual newspaper page images drawn from close to 100 newspapers published in CA, FL, KY, MN, NB, NY, TX, UT, VA, and D.C., between 1880 and 1910.


S.F. Chronicle back issues
Use:
Gale Full Text Newspapers for 1996 to the present,
SF Chronicle Archives  for 1995 to the present.


In-library only:
- Back-issues on local area network, 1990–1998:
  See librarian for help.
- Microfilm: 1976-91, 1865-1920.
  See librarian for help.



 

 

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
on campus or off campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from a wide range of news, business & other publications.
After connecting, click on News at left of home page.

S.F. Chronicle Archives
Free Web database of full-text articles from current and back issues (Under “Select a Publication Date”, select: “back to 1995”).  info

N.Y. Times Archives
Search articles from 1851--1980 (pdf files) or 1981--present (text files). Full-text articles from 1851--1922 & from 1987--present are free. Articles from 1923-1986 cost $3.95 per article. Full-text of articles are also available at Skyline Library on microfilm for 15 cents per page. more info

Historical N.Y. Times (Access to this database requires a SFPL library card number.)
Full-text of all N.Y. Times articles from 1851-2005.

Historical San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) (Requires SFPL library card number.)
Full-text of all S.F. Chronicle articles from 1865-1922

 

Local newspapers:
San Mateo Daily Journal
San Mateo Daily Journal archive
2000–current (free archive)
Pacifica Tribune

San Mateo County Times Online
San Mateo County Times archives
9/15/01–current (fee-based archive)

San Francisco Chronicle
The Examiner
San Jose Mercury News
Links to more San Mateo County newspapers

Google Advanced News Search
In ‘News source’ box, enter local paper, e.g. San Mateo County Times info

Google Advanced News Archive Search
Historical news archives. info

NewsLibrary
Search over 75 regional newspapers from over 30 states. Free abstracts, but complete text of an article will cost $2.95.
info

 

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