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Options and directions for searching and reading historical issues of the Waterloo Courier and related Waterloo newspapers.

Using Newspapers.com to Research the Waterloo Courier

   
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Newspapers.com has the most extensive online coverage of the Waterloo Courier (from 1859 to 2025)

 

Using Newspapers.com to research historical issues of the Waterloo Courier

 

 

While the Cedar Falls Public Library offers remote online access to the Iowa Edition of Newspapers.com to anyone with a Cedar Falls Public Library card, it appears that this version may contain only a fraction of the historical Waterloo Courier issues and articles offered by a full subscription to Newspapers.com

  

 

Searching the Waterloo Courier using Newspapers.com

 

To search the historical issues of the Waterloo Courier:

  1. Log into Newspapers.com
  2. Type in your topic
  3. Type in your date range
  4. Then, under Location, type in Waterloo, Iowa and click on this option
  5. (note this will appear as Iowa, Black Hawk County, Waterloo)

 

 

Searching the Waterloo Courier using Newspapers.com

 

 

Browsing the Waterloo Courier using Newspapers.com

 

To browse a specific issue (date) of the Waterloo Courier:

  1. Log into Newspapers.com
  2. Click on Papers at the top of the page
  3. Click on Browse
  4. Choose the Country (United States), State (Iowa), City (Waterloo) and Newspaper (Courier)
  5. Then, choose a Year, Month, and Date

 

 

How to browse the Waterloo Courier using Newspapers.com

 

 

Choosing a specific issue of Waterloo Courier to browse in Newspapers.com