Full Text Daily News
Archives With Search Engines
The following is a collection of daily news sources whose
extensive archives of stories are available through the use of
their own local search engines. Some of these have their
"searcher" on the front or archive page, while others have
separate search engine pages. Only those that allow access to extensive
full-text news archives are included here.
News Search Engines and News Directories
AltaVista
News Page
Top current stories are displayed under several general topics.
You can also search with their news-only search engine that focuses on
news sources from around the U.S. and the world.
AlltheWeb News
Searcher
This search engine focuses on news sources from around the U.S.
and the world. Enter a word or news topic about which you want to see
news.
Yahoo News
Yahoo! offers this place where you can search for daily news using
their searcher, or by browsing in subject areas. Items are taken from
a variety of news sources, but tend to focus on current dates of
publication.
Lycos Top
News
Tracks news stories by topic and also allows searching of
archives. Nice interface is fun and easy to use.
Total News
Search a wide variety of online news sources for news stories and
articles.
Opinions, Ideas and
Commentary Search
Offers access to newspaper and magazine editorials and columnists.
Organized into separate sections for the following categories:
Political & General, Business & Finance, Technology, Sports,
Health, and Arts & Leisure.
News Searching
Resources
The Web is a rich source for current local, national, and
international news. There are a number of search engines which cover
multiple news sites and news wires. This section compares those news
search engines.
National United States and World
News Sources
BBC
News World Service
The BBC News Service makes many news stories from Europe and the
world available for free. You may also search their past articles
archive, dating back to the site's launch in November 1997. Available
in 43 languages; many stories and articles are available in audio or
video versions. Provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
CNN News Searcher
Thorough archives going back several years. Check the box of the
specific archive(s) to search to speed your search. See also their News
Center.
The
Online News Hour
The highly respected news program from public television is on the
Web, offering current news and transcript archives of past programs.
USA Today
A national newspaper covering all aspects of American life and
culture. Easy to search, especially if a particular section is
checked.
The Drudge Report
Contains many links to editorial opinion columnists and other
full-text news sources.
Local and Regional United States
News Sources
Abilene
Reporter-News
From Abilene, Texas, this source includes both local stories and
international news.
Augusta
(Georgia) Chronicle
List shows recent publications and prior months. But be sure to
check the very bottom of the page for the searcher.
Cincinnati.com of Ohio
Includes the archives of two Cincinnati newspapers (The Enquirer
and The Post).
Dallas Observer
A major North Texas news source which offers an archive with five
years of back issues.
Detroit News
Nice search engine, due to ease of indicating the type of word
combinations wanted.
Detroit
Free Press (Freep)
Must to indicate if you are searching for a concept or key words.
Dubuque
(Iowa) Telegraph Herald Online
Be sure to scroll down to see the searcher.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin Online
Must to indicate if you are searching for a concept or key words.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
(Nevada)
Offers approximately four years of articles and stories.
Las Vegas Sun
(Nevada)
Offers approximately four years of articles and stories.
Phoenix
New Times
A hard-hitting and irreverent look at the news in Phoenix, AZ and
beyond.
San Francisco Chronicle
The archives go back several years. You must choose the year,
searching each year separately. Also will need to indicate several
other search parameters.
(San
Francisco Bay Area) Metro Archives
Searches archives of several of the smaller Bay Area newspapers.
Must indicate key word or concept search type.
Seattle Times
From the "coffee cult capitol of the world", search news
archives back to February, 1996.
Tulsa
World Archive
You will need to indicate that you want to search for key words in
order to get into the text of the articles. Allows narrowing of
archives by several other parameters as well. May need to apply for a
password.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel Online
The search engine is at the bottom of the front page. Search by
key word or concept.
College Newspapers
The
Daily Californian
From U. C. Berkeley. Searches back through the archives to the
summer of 1995.
The
Daily Iowan
Search engine for the archives is toward the bottom of the page.
Search or browse back issues of The Daily Iowan since Tuesday, January
16, 1996.
The Harvard
Crimson
Offers one of the most extensive archives available on any
newspaper site, with a full-text, searchable archive dating back to
1900. Eventually, the archive will extend back to 1873. This is a very
useful tool which allows users to find articles written by very
well-known journalists (David Halberstam, Linda Greenhouse, and
others) back in their Harvard days.
Newspapers Outside the United
States
Guardian
and Observer Archive
One of the major newspapers of Great Britain makes its full text
archives available to the public. It is easy to search and retrieve
news stories back to September 1, 1998.
The Irish
Times-- Ireland
Allows narrowing of the archival search through several
parameters.
La Jornada--
Mexico
Nice archives, and in Spanish!
Telegraph
Newspaper Archives Online
Another of the major newspapers of Great Britain makes its full
text archives available to the public. Registration (free) is
required. It is easy to search and retrieve news stories back to 1996.
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