News Sources for Everyone   Tags: archives, news, research  

These days news is found everywhere, from traditional print newspapers, to online news services, blogs, e-mail alerts, and even social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Luckily, your Library is here to help make the best use of the abundance of news resources available to you. As always, please ask a librarian if you would like further help.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers Database
50 million complete articles from hundreds of newspapers includingThe New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, Australian, Financial Times, Guardian, and Times of London.

Newsbank - Monterey County Herald
Coverage of Herald articles back to 2002 in full text. For Herald articles prior to 2002, contact the reference desk or visit the library to use our archives on microfilm.

• Magazine & Newspaper List
  listing all the sources the library subscribes to in print
• Historical Newspaper Timeline
  a graph showing the historical newspapers we have on microfilm

New York Times -
Options for locating articles from 1851 onward

• New York Times Archive Search - Includes complete articles in pdf format for the years 1851-1922, index to articles from 1923-1986, and full text of articles since 1987. Paid subscribers can also access full text of articles from 1923-1986.
• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - Includes full text of articles from 1985 - present.
• At the Monterey Public Library - We have the previous 3 months of the New York Times in print, as well as many years between 1854 and 2004 on microfilm (full list of our holdings). Ask a librarian to help you locate articles on microfilm.

Monterey County Herald - Partial Obituary Index
Index to obituaries back to 1995 as well as articles from 1995-2003
Monterey County Herald - Archive Search
Index of articles back to 2002

List of Newspaper Archives available online - Wikipedia
Shows what is available for free, and what you have to pay for
National Endowment for the Humanities - United States Newspaper Program
Government funded project to preserve historical newspapers in communities across the country
Library of Congress - Chronicling America
View newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers from 1690 to the present.

These tools will help you search and discover news stories online

Newspapers
Monterey County Herald
Monterey County Weekly
Salinas Californian
Carmel Pine Cone
San Jose Mercury
San Francisco Chronicle
LA Times

Television
KCBA
KSBW
KION

Radio
KAZU
KUSP
KNRY

ABCNews
CNN
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal

NewspaperMap
Al Jazeera
allAfrica
Asia Times Online
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
International Herald Tribune - New York Times
Jerusalem Post
Russia Today
Sydney Morning Herald