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October 27, 2006

Library Adds Online Historical Newspaper Archive

Wilson Library now provides access to NewspaperARCHIVE.com, a historical newspaper database that contains a collection of newspapers from the United States (excluding Missouri papers) and from a few other countries, including the United Kingdom and Canada. Library users can view, save, and print PDF images from newspapers dating from 1759 to 1977.

Access to the database is restricted to recognized UMR IP addresses. To view the database, please visit http://access.newspaperarchive.com.

October 05, 2006

Historical New York Times Now Available Online

Wilson Library now has online access to the full text of the historical New York Times from 1851 to 2003. Every issue of the New York Times includes the complete paper--cover-to-cover--with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. (Full-text articles from the newspaper from 2004 to the present are available in LexisNexis Academic, another library database.) Researchers can access the historical New York Times by visiting the page listing the library's databases on our website.

To take a look at the newspaper now, click here.