East Asia Since 1600

Use the "Advanced Search" option beneath the search blanks. Advanced Search will allow you to limit by date and location.

Limit "Narrow by Location" to "United Kingdom" for articles between 1700 and 1750.

Search the English language newspaper North China Herald (Shanghai) for the years 1850-1926 by limiting the "Narrow by Location" option to China.

Search for primary sources from 1725 to 1852.
British and American newspaper and magazine articles.

Consider the following subject search: China OR Chinese with the dropdown menu set to [SU Subject Terms]

Consider using "Advanced Search"

Consider trying both of the following searches: China OR Chinese
with the dropdown menu set to Document Title and then also to Subject

The Library of Congress has archived over 3,000 different U.S. historical newspapers from 1790 to 1963. Advanced Search will also allow you to search for articles that contain your search terms within a specified number of words of each other.

Advanced Search allows searching of a specific newspaper.
Advanced Search can be focused by date/year, by Front page or specific page, and language.
Advanced Search can be focused by looking for “Any” one of multiple words entered, “All” of the words entered, a specific “Phrase”.

(Note - this is NOT the London Times)

Consider using "Advanced Search"

Consider trying both of the following searches: China OR Chinese
with the dropdown menu set to Document Title and then also to Subject

Before using the New York Times TimeMachine - UNI students and faculty must register for a personal "all access" pass for the New York Times. Click here to create a UNI personal "all access" academic pass.

Browse the New York Times by date using the TimesMachine "Select an Issue" option.

Search historical issues of the New York times by using the search option at the top of the TimesMachine page.

To download a historical New York times article older than 1980:

1. click on the article

2. click on the "CONTINUE READING: PDF" option that pops up on the lefthand side of the screen


WARNING - Advertisements cannot be downloaded - but can be viewed in detail using the "+" function (expand view) in the TimesMachine viewer.

Use Advanced Search to improve your search.
Limit search results to magazines or newspapers (the default is Academic Journals).

Consider trying both of the following searches: China OR Chinese
with the dropdown menu set to Document Title and then also to Subject

Primary news sources for modern history. Limit your results by publication date either before or after you search. (See techniques for searching Nexis Uni)