Option 1. Search a database when you want to find:

• articles on a topic
• articles with a specific author or title
• missing citation information (author, title, pages, etc.) for specific articles

Database Selection Pages:

• Newspaper Databases links to select databases and web pages about the newspaper collection
• Databases A-Z lists databases alphabetically by name.
• Databases by Field of Study lists groups of databases by academic subject.

Popular Databases for News:

• LexisNexis Academic has the full text of international and U.S. newspapers such as The New York Times.
• NewsBank's America's Newspapers has the full text of 600+ U.S. newspapers, including The Des Moines Register.
• Ethnic NewsWatch has the full text of news publications from ethnic, minority, and native presses.
• ABI/INFORM Global has the full text of The Wall Street Journal.
• Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) has full text articles from some newspapers and many journals and magazines.

Option 2. Search the UNISTAR Catalog when you want to know:

• whether or not the library has a specific newspaper in its collection
• where a specific newspaper is in the library-- in print, microform, or online
• what volumes of a specific newspaper are in the library

UNISTAR Search Pages:

• Journal Title Search allows you to search for a specific newspaper, journal, or magazine by name.
• Newspaper Titles generates an alphabetical list of newspapers.

Option 3. Search the Article Locator when you want to check:

• online availability of a specific article
• online availability of a specific newspaper
• accuracy of an article's citation information (author, title, pages, etc.)

Article Locator (enter the citation information into the search form)