National & International News
Databases:
- Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowGlobal, national, and regional news from more than 13,000 sources in English and many other languages. Features newspaper content in both text and image formats, as well as newswires, magazines, and videos. Updated daily. Includes access to several Wisconsin papers including Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and La Crosse Tribune.
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowDaily news content (e.g. USA Today, Washington Post) is delayed; and is available 1-2 days post-publication.
Includes over 35 million full text articles from 860+ newspapers, and over 857,000 TV and radio news transcripts. Sources include: Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Daily Mail (UK), Irish Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sydney Morning Herald, Times of London, Toronto Star, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Times, NPR, AABC News, CBS, CNBC, CBC, Fox News, CNN, and PBS. - US Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowFull-text U.S. news content from the 1980s to the present. Coverage includes key national sources such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune, as well as local and regional newspapers.
- Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. - Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers (Wisconsin Newspaper Association) This link opens in a new windowFormerly known as the Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site, this service provides access to the daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo delay of 90 days. Through a new partnership between the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) and BadgerLink, Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site provides access to its 235 daily and weekly member-newspapers. Each addition is covered cover to cover in a PDF, searchable format.
- Westlaw Campus Research (Thomson Reuters) This link opens in a new windowLegal, news, and business sources. Contains US state and federal cases, statutes, and regulations, along with secondary legal sources such as law reviews. Also includes US and international news, Hoover's Company Records, SEC filings, and Westlaw’s Company Investigator system.
Individual News Subscriptions:
- Chronicle of Higher EducationFull, unrestricted access to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Available off campus and on mobile devices to UWL students, faculty, and staff using the instructions found here.
- Digital New York TimesLearn more about the pass, how to use the NYT Digital Edition, and other ways to access the New York Times at the New York Times at Murphy Library guide:
Local & Regional News
Wisconsin Newspaper Databases
- Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers (Wisconsin Newspaper Association) This link opens in a new windowFormerly known as the Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site, this service provides access to the daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo delay of 90 days. Through a new partnership between the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) and BadgerLink, Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site provides access to its 235 daily and weekly member-newspapers. Each addition is covered cover to cover in a PDF, searchable format.
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A digital collection of Wisconsin newspapers with coverage going back to 1813.
La Crosse Tribune
Murphy Library does not have an online subscription to La Crosse Tribune. See the Print and Microform tab for information on physical newspaper holdings at the Library. A limited number of articles can be read for free on the paper's website. The La Crosse Public Library also maintains a newspaper index with abstracts of selected articles since September 1990. Additionally, full text of La Crosse Tribune articles can be found in the following databases:
| Database | Full Text Coverage |
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| Access World News (NewsBank) | 1989 - present |
| Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost | 2006 - present |
| US Newsstream (ProQuest) | Selected full text, 1991 - 2015 |
| Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers (Wisconsin Newspaper Association) | 2005 - present w/60-day embargo |
| Wisconsin Newspaper Archive | 1905 - 1977 |
| Newspapers.com World Collection (Ancestry & ProQuest) | 1905 - 1963 |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Current issues of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel can be found within the Access World News database, including both the HTML full text of articles going back to 1990, and PDF image editions of the newspaper going back to 2018.
Other Local News Sources:
- Google News results for La Crosse, WIIncludes news stories from area newspapers as well as radio and television stations.
- The La Crosse IndependentA progressive online magazine providing news and analysis for La Crosse and the wider Coulee Region.
- WKBT / News8000.comLa Crosse CBS-affiliated TV station
- WLAX / WIProud.comLa Crosse and Eau Claire Fox-affiliated TV station
- WXOWLa Crosse ABC-affiliated TV station
- WIZM1410 AM / 92.3 FM talk radio station
La Crosse Tribune RSS Feed
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Historical/Archives
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new windowThis resource includes text from historical periodicals and books including eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements and genealogical records. Collections include but are not limited to African American Newspapers, The Civil War Collection, The Pennsylvania Gazette, South Carolina Newspapers, Godey`s Lady`s Book 1830-1898, the Lily, and The Virginia Gazette.
- African American Newspapers (Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new windowThis collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day.
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 (Readex) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Coverage: 1827-1998.
- America's Historical Newspapers (Readex) This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 1,400 U.S. historical newspapers from all 50 states published between 1690 and 1922. Collections include African American Newspapers and Early American Newspapers, Series 1 - 7.
- British Library Newspapers (Gale) This link opens in a new windowTaken directly from the extensive holdings of the British Library, this collection includes London national newspapers, English regional papers, home country newspapers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism. Coverage: 1800-1900.
- The Civil War Collection (Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new windowThis collection of newspapers, personal narratives, and regimental histories is divided into seven parts: A Newspaper Perspective; The Soldiers’ Perspective; The Generals’ Perspective; A Midwestern Perspective; Iowa’s Perspective; Northeast Regimental Histories; and Abraham Lincoln Library Abolitionist Books.
- Frank Leslie's Weekly (Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new windowFounded in 1855 and continued until 1922, this was an American illustrated literary and news publication, and one of several started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie.
- Newspapers.com World Collection (Ancestry & ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowThis newspaper archive contains searchable, full-page images of over 4000 state, regional, and local newspapers in the United States and other countries from the early 1700s to the 2000s.
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale) This link opens in a new windowOver 28 million articles of primary source newspaper content from the 19th-century, featuring full-text content and images from newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and the Antebellum-era. Newspapers from all 19th-century U.S. states and territories are included.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index This link opens in a new windowOnline, full-image, and searchable content of The New York Times from September 18, 1851 to the present with a 4-year embargo. Includes articles, advertisements, and political cartoons. Search options include keyword, article type, by date, author, or browse by issue.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowOnline, full-image, and searchable content of The Wall Street Journal from July 8, 1889 to the present with an 18-year embargo. In 1889, Dow Jones & Company first published The Wall Street Journal as a markets-focused newspaper for shareholders. Today, it focuses not only on the stock market, but on all aspects of global business, economics, and consumer affairs
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books (primarily published in London, with some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and examples from the American colonies) gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817).
- The Sunday Times (London) Historical Archive (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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The Sunday Times has provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week’s news and society at large since 1822. Despite the similarity of names, The Sunday Times was an entirely separate paper from The Times until 1966, when both papers came under common ownership. To this day, The Sunday Times remains editorially independent from The Times, with its own remit and perspective on the news. Coverage: 1822-2016. - The Times (London) Digital Archive (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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Researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Coverage: 1785-2012. - The Times Literary Supplement (London) Historical Archive (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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Since 1902, the Times Literary Supplement has forged a reputation for fine writing, literary discoveries and insightful debate. The TLS has attracted the contributions of the world’s most influential writers and critics, from T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf in the 1920s and 30s to A.N. Wilson and Christopher Hitchens in the 1990s and 2000s. Coverage: 1902-2019. - The Virginia Gazette (Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new windowPublished weekly in Williamsburg, Virginia between 1736 and 1780, The Virginia Gazette contained news covering all of Virginia and also included information from other colonies, Scotland, England and additional countries.
- Wisconsin Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new window
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A digital collection of Wisconsin newspapers with coverage going back to 1813. - Women's Suffrage Collection (Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new windowThis collection covers much of the women's rights movement from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. It includes newspapers that had some overlap between the temperance and women’s rights movements, as well as an anti-suffrage paper.
Open Access Historical/Archives
- Chronicling America (National Digital Newspaper Program) @ Library of Congress This link opens in a new windowAccess to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC). Coverage: 1789-1963. Additional years will be added as the project continues.
- ElephindSeeks to make it possible to search all the world’s online historic newspapers from one place. It is in development. Use it to search historic digitized newspaper archives from around the globe. Elephind.com is focused on only historical, digitized newspapers. You can search, for free, across many newspaper sites simultaneously, rather than having to visit each site separately. Collections include: Trove [National Library of Australia], California Digital Newspaper Collection [UC Riverside], Chronicling America [US Library of Congress], Indiana Digital Historic Newspaper Program (Indiana State Library), and The Portal to Texas History.
- Google Historic Newspapers by nameGoogle News Archive Search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. Users can search for events, people or ideas and see how they have been described over time.
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