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Library and Technology

Electronic and Digital Access to

Newspapers

ABI/Inform Global via ProQuest

Description: Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,300 titles with full text, full page images from over 600 sources, including the Wall Street Journal. ABI Inform focuses on issues in business and management.

Coverage: 1971-present

Full-text: Yes, some multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Online help and search guides are available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.

Advocate (Stamford, CT) via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily newspaper of Stamford, Connecticut.

Coverage: 2003-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via link at left or through BadgerLink.

Appleton Post Crescent via WISinfo

Description: Online version of the daily Appleton newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Baraboo News Republic

Description: Online version of the daily Baraboo newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only on main pages.  Searchable archives back to 1997.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

CRN Knight Ridder  via EbscoHost Corporate ResourceNet

Description: The Knight Ridder collection includes a 90-day archive of approximately 100 newspapers from the Knight Ridder wire service. The data is updated daily. 

Coverage: Past 90 days.

Full-text: Yes, multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

The Capital Times

Description: Online version of the daily Madison newspaper.

Coverage: Searchable archives of staff-written stories back to 1989.

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

The Capital Times via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily Madison, Wisconsin newspaper.

Coverage: December 21, 1991-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Chicago Sun-Times via ProQuest

Description: Full text coverage of national news, business, political and social issues and local and regional events in Chicago and the Midwest.

Coverage: 1986-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Chicago Tribune via ProQuest

Description: Full text reporting and analysis of regional, national and international news.

Coverage: 1985-1996

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Daily Citizen via GMTODAY.com

Description: Online version of Dodge County daily newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's news articles and searchable archives.

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: No.

Remote access: Yes, via WWW link to left.

Facts on File Reference Suite (Facts on File World News Digest, Facts.Com, Reuters News, Issues and Controversies, Today's Science,World Almanac)

Description: The Facts on File Reference Suite provides access to four reference databases (FOF World News Digest, Issues and Controversies, Today's Science, and the World Almanac), and augments those core databases with additional news articles on subject areas such as current events, statistics, health, science, and controversial issues.

Coverage: A full-text news backfile to 1980 (plus coverage of historic events going back to 1940) with the ReutersŪ news wire updating developments through the current afternoon.

Full-text: Yes, some multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Online help available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.

Fond du Lac Reporter via WISinfo

Description: Online version of the daily Fond du Lac newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

GMTODAY.com

Description: Greater Milwaukee Today online newspapers from Freeman Newspapers and Lifestyle Magazines covering Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, and Dodge Counties.

Coverage: Current day's news articles and searchable archives.

Full-text: Yes, multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: No.

Remote access: Yes, via WWW at link to left.

Google News

Description: Google News gathers stories from more than 4,500 English-language news sources worldwide, and automatically arranges them to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated every 15 minutes.  Google News is a highly unusual news service in that results are compiled solely by computer algorithms, without human intervention. As a result, news sources are selected without regard to political viewpoint or ideology, enabling you to see how different organizations are reporting the same story.

Coverage: N/A

Full-text: Yes, some multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Green Bay News-Chronicle

Description: Online version of the daily Green Bay newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Description: Online version of the daily Green Bay newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Greenwich Time via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily Greenwich, Connecticut newspaper.

Coverage: 2003-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left or BadgerLink.

Hartford Courant via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily Hartford, Connecticut newspaper.

Coverage: 1992-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Janesville Gazette

Description: Online version of the daily Janesville newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

La Crosse Tribune via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily newspaper of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Coverage: December 18, 1991-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

LexisNexis Academic via Lexis-Nexis

Description: Lexis-Nexis offers access (much of it full-text) to over 6,000 newspapers (including foreign sources), magazines, trade journals, transcripts, company information, business news, legal research, medical sources and reference works. It is especially strong in news, business and legal information.

Coverage: Depends upon the title indexed

Full-text: Yes, some multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Yes, via (http://www.lexisnexis.com/lncc/) then choose the tutorial from the Product Finder. Online help from search screens is also available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.

Los Angeles Times via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.

Coverage: 1985-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter via WISinfo

Description: Online version of the daily Manitowoc newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Marinette/Menominee Eagle Herald

Description: Online version of the Marinette, WI/ Menominee, MI newspaper.

Coverage: Current articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Marshfield News-Herald via WISinfo

Description: Online version of the daily Marshfield newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (JS Online)

Description: Online version of the daily Milwaukee newspaper.

Coverage: Current and past several day's articles on main pages. Searchable archives of older articles.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily newspaper of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Coverage: April 1, 1995-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Morning Call via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Coverage: 1984-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Newsday via ProQuest

Description: Full text of a newspaper reporting on news and events in the New York City area.

Coverage: 1985-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Newspaper Archive Elite via EbscoHost

Description: Provides access to over 28 million newspaper pages from national and international newspapers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, some dating back as far as 1759.

Coverage: Varies by title.

Full-text: Yes, some multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Newspaper Source via EbscoHost

Description: Provides cover-to-cover full text for 23 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times (London), and The Toronto Star.. The database also contains selected full text from more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, and The San Jose Mercury News. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and other networks. 

Coverage: Varies by title.

Full-text: Yes, multiple titles.

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Onion, The

THE ONION

 

The Onion is a national publication and website that offers award-winning news and views ...and renowned photojournalism [that] paint a picture of the world that informs the educated and the stupid alike.

 

Coverage: Coverage full

 

Full-text: Yes

 

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is a Parody just like the rest of the Onion

Orlando Sentinel via ProQuest

Description: Full text of the daily newspaper of Orlando, Florida.

Coverage: Coverage not available.

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

Oshkosh Northwestern via WISinfo

Description: Online version of the daily Oshkosh newspaper.

Coverage: Current day's articles only.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

Ozaukee-Washington Daily News via GMTODAY.com

Description: Online version of the Ozaukee and Washington County newspapers the News Graphic and Times Press.

Coverage: Current articles only on main pages.  Searchable archives.

Full-text: Selected articles only.

Online guide or tutorial: No

Remote access: Yes, via the WWW link to the left.

ProQuest Newspapers via ProQuest

Description: ProQuest Newspapers provides indexing, abstracting, and full-text of of more than 300  national and international newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Corporate Report Wisconsin, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Boston Globe.

Coverage: 1985-present

Full-text: Yes

Online guide or tutorial: Online help and search guides are available.

Remote access: Yes, via proxy server or through BadgerLink.

ProQuest Newsstand via ProQuest

Description: Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York