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    • Access World News [about]

      Access World News
      Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
      Format: Online
      "Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Excludes paid advertisements."

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    • African American Newspapers, 1827-199... [about]

      African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
      Coverage Dates: 1827 - 1998
      Format: Online
      More than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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    • America's Historical Newspapers, 1690... [about]

      America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
      Coverage Dates: 1690 - 1922
      Format: Online
      Features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images.

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    • Boston Globe Archive (1872-1923) [about]

      Boston Globe Archive (1872-1923)
      Coverage Dates: 1872 - 1923
      Format: Online
      Full-text and full-image articles. Complete cover-to-cover with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF

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    • Boston Globe Index [about]

      Boston Globe Index
      Coverage Dates: 1983 - 1995
      Format: Print


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    • Christian Science Monitor (1988 - cur... [about]

      Christian Science Monitor (1988 - current)
      Coverage Dates: 1988 - Present
      Format: Online
      Contains ascii full text of the Christian Science Monitor from 1988 to Present.

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    • Christian Science Monitor Archive (19... [about]

      Christian Science Monitor Archive (1908 - 1994)
      Coverage Dates: 1908 - 1994
      Format: Online
      Contains full text of the Christian Science Monitor from 1908 - 1991. For current CSM articles see Proquest Newspapers.

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    • Christian Science Monitor Web Edition [about]

      Christian Science Monitor Web Edition
      Coverage Dates: -
      Format: Online
      Beginning in April 2009, the Christian Science Monitor will replace its daily print edition with a web version, which will be continuously updated. Contains a search tool and access to archives.

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    • Ethnic Newswatch [about]

      Ethnic Newswatch
      Coverage Dates: 1985 - Present
      Format: Online
      Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America.

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    • FBIS Electronic Index [about]

      FBIS Electronic Index
      Coverage Dates: 1975 - 1996
      Format: Online
      An index to the Daily Reports published by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) of the CIA, 1975-1996. Daily reports on microfiche located at Government Documents PrEx 7.10 in Main Micro. The FBIS reports are continued in electronic fulltext by the database "World News Connection" from 1995 forward. Please also see "FBIS Full Text, 1974-1996," which provides the full text of Daily Reports from Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, Middle East/Near East, North America, South America.

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    • FBIS Full Text, 1974 - 1996 [about]

      FBIS Full Text, 1974 - 1996
      Coverage Dates: 1974 - 1996
      Format: Online
      Full text of Daily Reports from the CIA's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, from 1974-1996. Individual reports include speeches, broadcasts, news articles from countries in Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, Middle East/near East, North America, South America. Texts are translated into English by the CIA.

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    • Facts on File World News Digest [about]

      Facts on File World News Digest
      Coverage Dates: 1940 - Present
      Format: Online
      Essential facts of the news as reported in the major newspapers and news magazines around the world. Emphasis throughout is on the factual content rather than opinion or analysis. Also, hourly headline news, maps, and more.

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    • LexisNexis-Academic [about]

      LexisNexis-Academic
      Coverage Dates: Varies - Present
      Format: Online
      Worldwide newspapers, magazines, newswires, and trade journals. Archives of state and federal case law, statutes and regulations.

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    • Los Angeles Times Archive, 1881 - 198... [about]

      Los Angeles Times Archive, 1881 - 1986
      Coverage Dates: 1881 - 1986
      Format: Online
      Full text of the Los Angeles Times archive.

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    • Maine News Index [about]

      Maine News Index
      Coverage Dates: varies - varies
      Format: Online
      Citations and abstracts to several Portland, ME publications, including Salt, Portland Monthly, Mainebiz, Casco Bay Weekly.

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    • Maine Newsstand [about]

      Maine Newsstand
      Coverage Dates: Varies - Varies
      Format: Online
      Coverage of the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Lewiston Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, Maine Times, Bangor Daily News, and Waterville Morning Sentinel.

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    • Maine Times Index [about]

      Maine Times Index
      Coverage Dates: 1968 - 1994
      Format: Microform


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    • New York Times (1980-Present) [about]

      New York Times (1980-Present)
      Coverage Dates: 1980 - Present
      Format: Online
      New York Times; Late Edition (East Coast). Includes New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine from 1997 - present.

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    • New York Times Archive (1851-2004) [about]

      New York Times Archive (1851-2004)
      Coverage Dates: 1851 - 2004
      Format: Online


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    • ProQuest Newspapers [about]

      ProQuest Newspapers
      Coverage Dates: -
      Format: Online
      Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).

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    • Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers [about]

      Snow Index to Brunswick Newspapers
      Coverage Dates: 1853 - 1960
      Format: Online
      This is an index to microfilm of the Brunswick weekly newspapers for 1853 through December, 1960.

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    • Times (London) Archive (1785-1985) [about]

      Times (London) Archive (1785-1985)
      Coverage Dates: 1785 - 1985
      Format: Online
      The complete digital edition of The Times (London). Offers 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.

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    • Times (London) Index [about]

      Times (London) Index
      Coverage Dates: 1956 - Present
      Format: Microform


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    • Wall Street Journal (1984-Current) [about]

      Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
      Coverage Dates: 1984 - Yesterday
      Format: Online
      Contains full text of news stories. Does not include photos, graphics, and advertisements.

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    • Wall Street Journal Archive (1889-199... [about]

      Wall Street Journal Archive (1889-1990)
      Coverage Dates: 1889 - 19890
      Format: Online
      Historical archive of the WSJ. Contains cover to cover images, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements.

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    • Washington Post (1987 - Current) [about]

      Washington Post (1987 - Current)
      Coverage Dates: 1987 - Present
      Format: Online
      Contains ascii full text of the Washington Post.

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    • Washington Post Archive (1877 - 1991) [about]

      Washington Post Archive (1877 - 1991)
      Coverage Dates: 1877 - 1989
      Format: Online
      Full text and images of the Washington Post.

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    • World News Connection [about]

      World News Connection
      Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
      Format: Online
      WNC provides the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports from 1995 to present in electronic fulltext. FBIS reports from 1978 to 1996 are on microfiche at PrEx 7.10 in Main Micro and accessed by the "FBIS Electronic Index." Please also see "FBIS Full Text, 1974-1996," which provides the full text of Daily Reports from Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, Middle East/near East, North America, South America.

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    Cast-A-Net Combined Search

    simultaneously searches these databases

    · Access World News
    · Christian Science Monitor (1988 - current)
    · Ethnic Newswatch
    · Facts on File World News Digest
    · LexisNexis-Academic
    · New York Times (1980-Present)
    · ProQuest Newspapers
    · Washington Post (1987 - Current)
    · World News Connection
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