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Publicly Available Newspaper Archives
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Advantage Preservation Newspaper Archives - DirectoryBrowse by State then Browse by City then Browse by Title
Search options include “All of the Words” or “Exact Phrase” or “Any of the Words”
Can also limit search “Between” “On” “Before” or “After" a specific date or set of dates.
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Chronicling AmericaThe Library of Congress has archived over 3,000 different U.S. historical newspapers from 1789 to 1963
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”.
Advanced Search will also allow you to search for sentences that contain two words that are within a specified number of words of each other.
Browse papers by choosing “All Digitized Newspapers” option and then limiting by state or ethnicity or language.
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Google News ArchiveThousands of U.S. and international newspapers from 1738 to 2009
Though the archive can be searched with a basic Google search - it can’t be limited by date.
To focus on a specific date the newspapers can be browsed.
