August 14, 2004
Curious George: How do you research old news stories?
Do any fellow monkeys know of any site that archives or scans 20 or 30 years worth of major national news stories from AP/UPI/Reuters or major newspapers? Yes, I will likely pay a visit my city newspaper, but I'd be happy to pony up a little cash for instant gratification. I see the Houston Chronicle might be one possibility but it only goes back 19 years.
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*doh!* Two minutes after posting that I stumbled upon one great source: Washington Post. I'm happily paying the $1 per article but maybe someone knows a cheaper source.
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LexisNexis. Not cheaper. More comprehensive.
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NewsLibrary.com and This one is free but not as large or old. Newspaper Archive.com and LexusNexus is the definitive search engine for this kind of thing. You could always just try this.
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Just pretend those "U"s are "I"s in LexisNexis.
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You've probably already done this, but Google turns up lots of links. Maybe some of those can help you. The AP archive is here. NYT archive here.
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If you can get to a library with ProQuest historical newspapers, you can access the complete archives of both the Wall Street Journal and NY Times.
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Two more (although the "Just Fucking Google It" answer is right on: this is the second-oldest question on the Internet, after "Where can I see some titties?"): Paper of Record Factiva
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Where can I see some titties?
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Titties
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Most university libraries subscribe to Lexis-Nexis, so go to your nearby state university and access it from their terminals (it's called "Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe"). Newslibrary and Proquest is also usually carried at university libraries.