Need Newspapers With Free Full-Text Archives (Searchable)

Ernest Perez perez at opac.osl.state.or.us
Mon Jan 13 18:13:13 EST 1997


The Christian Science Monitor offers a wonderful site, with no-cost
full-text of stories back to 1980! Great resource from a substantial
news source.

-ernest

Ernest Perez, Ph.D.//Oregon State Library//perez at opac.state.or.us
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Peter Milbury wrote:
> 
> Hello Web4Lib!
> 
>      I am working with an English teacher who wants his students to use
> newspaper articles as a basis for composition assignments. He wants the
> students to be able to retrieve a series of articles that cover a story
> over a period of time (several weeks or months.)
> 
> Has anyone gathered a collection of free newspaper (w/searchable archive)
> links?
> 
>      It appears that while many newspapers allow access to full-text of
> their articles, most allow only permit very limited access to their past
> articles (usually only one day or week). I have located only 15,
> including international and college online newspapers.
> 
>      If you can recommend any online newspapers that have free searching
> and retrieval of their news archives, please let me know. We would be
> quite grateful!


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