SOC 4015 - Qualitative Methods in Sociology - Archival Analysis

"The Rod Library Special Collections & University Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to ... books, manuscripts, and institutional records."

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"IndexUNI is Rod Library's online index of articles from official campus publications, dating from 1876 to the present." --- UNI Rod Library

Includes the following student newspapers: The Normal Eyte (1892-1911), The College Eye (1911-1967), and The Northern Iowan (1967-present).

University of Northern Iowa Special Collections & University Archives and UNI ScholarWorks offer digitized yearbooks - Old Gold, UNI Quarterly, Pedagog, and the Normal Eyte Annual - from 1905-1972, 1976, 1979-1997.



Index UNI (above) provides keyword and subject searching for these Yearbooks - though the articles themselves must be accessed via UNI ScholarWorks.

A directory of over 300 local Iowa newspaper archives providing access to thousands of historical Iowa newspapers ranging from 1836 to the present.

Archives of digitized yearbooks and student newspapers from twenty different Iowa colleges and universities. Includes links Iowa college and university digital collections.

These publicly available collection of archives includes: American Prison Newspapers, HIV AIDS & the Arts, Student Activism on Campus, and Independent Voices.

"Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century." --- JSTOR (REVEAL DIGITAL)

Very good for local and regional U.S. and Iowa news. Coverage varies by year and location. Use the "Advanced Search" option beneath the search blanks. Advanced Search will allow you to limit by date and geographic location.

Newspapers.com provides access to both Waterloo Courier and the Des Moines Register. ... Only available with a personal subscription