Newspapers & News Articles

Electronic Sources

America's Newspapers
Provides access to a vast, online reference library through dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations, and atlases covering many subject areas.

CQ Researcher
An online version of an in-depth analysis report on the most current and controversial issues of the day.

Lexis Nexis
This is a database for U.S. and world news, legal, and medical information as well as Illinois compiled statutes.

Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for 28 U.S. and international newspapers and selected full text for 260 U.S. newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.

Print Sources:

The LRC subscribes to local, regional, and national newspapers. Back issues of the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Wall Street Journal are available on microform. Other newspapers, such as the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Southern Illinoisan are kept for two months in the LRC. The links listed below will take you to the individual newspapers' web pages where you can view the latest issue and some archives.