Olin & Uris Libraries

U.S. Newspaper Indexes in Olin Library

INTRODUCTION

This guide lists newspaper indexes currently or previously available in the Olin Library reference collection or in the Olin microform area. Each entry provides newspaper index titles, (cities), library call numbers, current locations, and date range holdings for each index, as well as online indexing information when available. One section is devoted to local Ithaca papers.
For international indexes, go to international newspaper indexes list.

Indexes to U.S. Newspapers by title

Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution Index (Atlanta, GA)
Call Number: + AI 21 .C76
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1971 to 1979 (Atlanta Constitution only, AI 21 .C75+), 1984 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1985 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 1990 to date; (ProQuest Newspapers)

Boston Globe Index (Boston, MA)
Call Number: AI 21. B63 B43
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1982 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1979 to date; (Boston Globe Archives)
• 09/01/1988 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 1980 to date; (ProQuest Newspapers)

California News Index * (various California papers including the LA Times and San Francisco Chronicle)
Call Number: + AI 21 .C15
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1970 to 1975

Chicago Tribune Index (Chicago,IL)
Call Number: AI 21 .N581
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1972 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1852 to date; (ProQuest Archiver: Chicago Tribune)

Christian Science Monitor Index (Boston, MA)
Call Number: Reference + AI 21 .C55
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1949 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1980 to date; (Christian Science Monitor Archives)
• 1908-1980; (ProQuest Archiver: Christian Science Monitor)
• 1980 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 09/30/1988 to date; (Factiva)
• 1988 to date; (ProQuest Newspapers)

Denver Post Index (Denver, CO)
Call Number: Microfiche 252
Location: Olin Lower Level, Microfilm stacks
Printed indexes: 1963 to 1974
Online indexing: 1994 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

Geneva (New York) Newspaper Index
Call Number: + AI 3 .G32
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1806 to 1829 [in 2 volumes]
Online indexing: none

Honolulu Advertiser/Honolulu Star-Bulletin Index (Honolulu, HI)
Call Number: + AI 21 .H77 and + AI 21 .H772
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1929 to 1983 [5 volumes in 4 physical volumes]
Online indexing: none

Ithaca NY:

Cornell Chronicle
Call Number: Olin Reference + LD 1357.5 .C815
Print Index: 1989 - 1998 [index to articles about Cornell; see Cornell ClipFile Index]
Online Browsing and Searching: 1996 to date, Cornell Chronicle Web site
Microfilm access: Olin Film 3126 (1969-2005)

Cornell ClipFile Index
Call Number: Olin Reference + LD 1357.5 .C815
Print Index: 1989 - 1998 [index to articles about Cornell; see notes for earlier years]
Notes: Cornell-related articles only from Cornell Chronicle, Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca Journal, Ithaca Times. Before 1989, see the next entry, Cornell Clippings File.

Cornell Clippings File
Call Number: Kroch Library Rare & Manuscripts Archives 13-8-3367
Print Index: Newspaper clippings filed in folders by subject, circa 1940 to 1989.
Online indexing: See Guide to the Cornell Clippings File, 1940-1989 for a list of subjects and years covered.
Notes: Cornell-related articles only from Cornell Chronicle, Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca Journal, Ithaca Times.

Cornell Daily Sun
Call Number: Olin Reference + LD 1357.5 .C815
Print Index: 1989 - 1998 [index to articles about Cornell; see Cornell ClipFile Index]
Electronic indexing: 1999 - 2002, [index to articles about Cornell] Cornell ClipFile on ETC2 and ETC4, Olin Electronic Text Center
Online indexing: The Sun and the Library are collaborating on a project to digitize the newspaper from 1880 through 2000.
2000? to date: Use the Search on Cornell Daily Sun Site
09/22/1997 to date: (Lexis-Nexis Academic) [click the Sources tab, search Cornell Daily Sun, choose University Wire]
Microfilm access: Olin Film 1106 (1880-Oct. 1943, Oct. 1946-2003, 2005 to date)

Ithaca Journal
Other Titles: Ithaca Daily Journal (1872-1913); Ithaca Journal-News (1919-1933)
Print Index: 1989 - 1998 [index to articles about Cornell; see Cornell ClipFile Index] Online indexing: Available in the Newspapers section of ProQuest (11/26/2002 to date; some articles back to 1999).
The Ithaca Journal website has an searchable online archive of the most recent two years.
Microfilm access: Olin Film 882 (1872 to date)

Ithaca Journal Obituary Index (Ithaca NY)
Call Number: Olin Reference CT 100 .I89
Print Index: 1860 - 1876, 1900 - 1914, 1980 - 1999 obituaries only

Ithaca Times
Other Titles: Ithaca New Times (1972-1978)
Print Index: 1989 - 1998 [index to articles about Cornell; see Cornell ClipFile Index]
Online indexing: 2005 to date. Ithaca Times News Archive
Microfilm access: Olin Film 4383 (1972 to date)

Tompkins Weekly
Online indexing: 10/16/2006 to date. Click on past issues on home page.

Los Angeles Times Index (Los Angeles, CA)
Call Number: Reference AI 21 .N582
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1972 to 2007, * see also 1970 to 1975 in Calif. News Index
Online indexing:

• 12/4/1881 to date; (ProQuest Archiver: Los Angeles Times)
• Latest 6 months only; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 01/01/1985 to date (Factiva)

Minneapolis Star Tribune Index (Minneapolis, MN)
Call Number: AI 21 .M66
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1971 to 1981
Online indexing: 10/1991 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

National Observer Index (Silver Spring, MD)
Call Number: + AI 21 .N27
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1969 to 1977

New York Daily Tribune Index (New York, NY)
Call Number: + AI 21 .N5
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1875 to 1906

New York Times Index (New York, NY)
Call Number: Reference AI 21 .N56
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1851 to date
Online indexing:

• 1851 to 2006; full page images; (ProQuest Historical Newspapers).
• 06/01/1980 to date; (Factiva)

Personal Name Index to the New York Times Index
Call Number: Reference + AI 21 .N56 Index
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1851 to 1974, 1975 to 1999
Online indexing: See New York Times Index, above.

San Francisco Chronicle Index (San Francisco, CA)
Call Number: AI 21.S25 S19
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1976 to 2007, * see also 1970 to 1975 in Calif. News Index
Online indexing:

• 1995 to present; (San Francisco Chronicle Archive)
• 10/1989 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

Texas Observer Index (Austin, TX)
Call Number: + AI 21 .T35
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1954 to 1981 [2 volumes]
Online indexing: 1/19/2001 to date; (Alt-Press Watch)

Times Picayune Index (New Orleans, LA)
Call Number: AI 21 .N583
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1972 to 1982
Online indexing: 1991 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

Trumansburg (New York) Newspapers, Index to
Call Number: + AI 3 .T78
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1827 to 1940
Online indexing: none

USA Today Index (Arlington, VA)
Call number: + AI 21 .U8 U84
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Printed indexes: 1990 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1987 to date; (USA Today Archive)
• 1989 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 1987 to date; (ProQuest Newspapers)

Village Voice (New York, NY)
Call Number: Indexed in Access: A Supplementary Index to Periodicals, + AI 3 .A16;
last ten volumes in Olin Reference, previous volumes in Olin stacks
Printed indexes: 1975 to date
Online indexing: 06/07/1994 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)

Wall Street Journal Index (New York, NY)
Call Number: Olin + AI 21 .W18; Management AI21 .W18 Library Office
Location: Olin Stacks; Management Library Office
Printed indexes: Olin stacks: 1955 to 2007; Management Library: 1958 to date.
Online indexing:

• 1889 to 1992; full page images; (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
• 06/13/1979 to date; (Factiva)
• 1973 to date, abstracts only; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 09/09/1994 to date, abstracts only; (Business Source Premier); browse issues

[Washington] Evening Star. Index. (Washington, DC)
Call Number: Film 2408
Location: Olin Lower Level, Microfilm stacks
Microfilmed index: 1894 to 1970
Online indexing: none

Washington Post Index (Washington, DC)
Call Number: Reference AI 21 .N584 and + AI 21 .N585
Current Location: Olin Reference
Printed indexes: 1971 to 2007
Online indexing:

• 1877 to date; (ProQuest Archiver: Washington Post)
• 1877 to 1990; full page images; (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
• 1977 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic)
• 01/01/1984 to date; (Factiva)