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International News indicates a source for international news

Today's Paper

 

Newspaper Archives by Title

  New York Times (online copy of today's print edition)
Back issues 12/8/2006-current
Also:
NYT Advance Sunday Sections & NYT Magazine
    New York Times 1851-2003 ; 1980-current
      Wall Street Journal : Eastern Edition 1982-current
      Boston Globe 1872-1923 ; 1923-1924 ; 1980-1996 ; 1987-current
International News Library PressDisplay 260 newspapers from 68 countries. Includes today's Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, etc. (Most recent 8 weeks only)     L. A. Times 1881-1985 ; 1985-1996 ; 1996-current
    Chicago Tribune 1985-1996 ; 1996-current
      Washington Post 1987-1996 ; 1996-current
  Chronicle of Higher Education 1989-current   International News Facts on File World News Digest 1940-current
News Collections   Maine News see also Print/Microfilm
International News LexisNexis Academic     Lewiston Sun-Journal Print/Microfilm ; 2006-current
  Proquest Newspapers     Maine Newsstand
  Ethnic NewsWatch     Bangor Daily News 1992-current
International News World News Connection (continues FBIS)     Portland Press Herald & Maine Sunday Telegram 1995-current
International News FBIS Electronic index 1975-1996     Maine Times 1968-2002
Historic Newspapers     Maine News Index Available at the Portland Public Library. Most recent content is searchable in the MNI Online
  America's historical newspapers (including Early American Newspapers Series 1-5, 1690-1922)    
  Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers 1900-1910
(from the Library of Congress and the NEH)
     
  Brooklyn Eagle 1841-1902      

Multi-Database Search : News

Internet News Sources

The Bates Student

Maine Newspapers
Includes links to television and radio stations, magazines, college newspapers, and local newspaper websites

International NewsWorldNews
Large portal to world news. Indexed and searchable by region and/or topic.

International NewsOnline Newspapers
Index to thousands of international news sources online. Organized by region and country.

International NewsBBC World Service
Includes BBC news broadcasts in 43 languages.

NewPages.com
Provides links to independent and alternative news, information, bookstores, publishers, periodicals, and record labels.

Media Archives

NPR Audio Archives
Original radio features, transcripts, and extended audio, and visual coverage for NPR programs beginning in 1996. Includes material from All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Morning Edition, and Talk of the Nation.

NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Archives
Searchable transcripts, audio, and visual coverage from PBS news broadcasts starting in 1997.

Prelinger Archives
Collection of over 45,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films, including classic television commercials and public service films designed to be shown in schools.

British Pathé Film Archive
Searchable database including free online previews of film shorts covering news, sports, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.

Print & Microfilm

Current Newspapers
Paper issues available in Ladd Library

Maine Times 1968-2002

Lewiston Sun-Journal 1989-current

Lewiston Journal 1979-1989

Lewiston Evening Journal 1866-1979

Lewiston Daily Evening Journal 1861-1866

Lewiston Falls Journal 1862-1863
Selective coverage available from the Sun-Journal website: 2004+
For or access: (ph#=2077866263 and acct.=22165)

**NOTE: Searching/Indexing is available from the Sun-Journal for material not published online. Be as specific as possible with requests, as there are charges for searches, payable in advance. Call Customer Service at 784-5411, M-F 8AM-4:30PM.
Lewiston Daily Sun is available at:

Lewiston Public Library (1904-1989) & Auburn public Library (1902-1989)

Also available via MaineCAT from the University of Maine -- Orono

 

Library contact:

For more information, contact:
Ladd Library Reference
PHONE#: 207-786-6271
e-mail: reference AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
(207) 786-6263


Page author: Christopher P. Schiff
Date: 3/26/08


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