Online newspaper archives with pre-internet articles?
I'm looking for a place that has newspaper articles available for free online that contains articles written before the internet.
I can search the cnn archives easily enough, but where would I go for articles written in the 70's or so?
Whereyouthinkyougoing
06-01-2007, 14:52
I'm looking for a place that has newspaper articles available for free online that contains articles written before the internet.
I can search the cnn archives easily enough, but where would I go for articles written in the 70's or so?
For free? I'd be surprised if there was such a site. I think you'd have to go to each individual paper and hope their online archive even goes that far back - but that won't be free.
I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong, though. :p
GoodThoughts
06-01-2007, 14:53
Have you tried public libraries websites? They might charge.
Greyenivol Colony
06-01-2007, 15:04
Go to your local library.
Go to your local library.
local library only has physical copies of the local paper.
I was thinking there'd be scanned images of big name newspapers in like the library of congress site (not that I can find so far) or something.
I was just asking to see if someone who had used a resource like that before could point it out to me and spare me some trouble.
The Nazz
06-01-2007, 18:12
local library only has physical copies of the local paper.
I was thinking there'd be scanned images of big name newspapers in like the library of congress site (not that I can find so far) or something.
I was just asking to see if someone who had used a resource like that before could point it out to me and spare me some trouble.
The NY Times has their entire archives scanned, but it's not free. However, if you're a university student, you might be able to access it through their system for nothing--my university has access at least.
Sel Appa
06-01-2007, 19:45
The New York Times used to have it, but appears to no longer have it. Check your public or school library. One of them should have subscribed to something...
Whereyouthinkyougoing
06-01-2007, 19:50
local library only has physical copies of the local paper.
I was thinking there'd be scanned images of big name newspapers in like the library of congress site (not that I can find so far) or something.
I was just asking to see if someone who had used a resource like that before could point it out to me and spare me some trouble.
Well, this might not be applicable, but if you have a college library near you they should have at least the major national newspapers (and usually the major regional and local ones) on microfiche.
Considering they had that when I was in the US in 1997/98, they maybe even upgraded their microfiche collections to digital by now.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
06-01-2007, 19:52
The New York Times used to have it, but appears to no longer have it. They don't? Eeep.
It isn't/wasn't free of charge in any case, though. And as far as I can remember they only showed you the first paragraph of an article before you had to pay to see the rest which I thought was supremely useless.
Sel Appa
06-01-2007, 20:05
They don't? Eeep.
It isn't/wasn't free of charge in any case, though. And as far as I can remember they only showed you the first paragraph of an article before you had to pay to see the rest which I thought was supremely useless.
I'm quite certain a few years ago they had none of that pay bullcrap. What I hate is when it is impractical to subscribe to a newspaper and you need to subscribe to see the website. They should have a daily code that is in the newspaper, but only works for that day or something.
If you only need articles for one specific task, the NY times has a free 14 day trial of their service availiable.
That and they have every article from something like 1886 on scanned in there.