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International Newspaper Indexes in Olin Library

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England (U.K.) ~ Egypt ~ France
German Language ~ Spain ~ Russia & Soviet Union
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This guide lists indexes to newspapers published outside the United States currently or previously available in Olin Library Reference newspaper index area 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. Some of the newspapers indexed below are available on microfilm in Olin Library on the B Level. Check the Cornell Library Catalog for holdings.

In LexisNexis Academic, use the Source tab to limit your search to the individual newspaper titles and view the date coverage and content limitations for each title. LexisNexis usually supplies the full text of the articles indexed.

Asian newspapers and newspaper indexes are located in Kroch Library.

For U.S. indexes, go to U.S. newspaper indexes list.

International Newspaper Indexes by country and title

The Guardian Index (Manchester, London)
Call Number: + AI 21 .G8 G91
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1988 - 2003
Online indexing: 7/14/1984 - Present; (LexisNexis Academic)
Notes: The Guardian Index indexes both The Guardian and the Manchester Guardian Weekly. Both titles available on microfilm.

Index to the [London] Gazette (London)
Call Number: N 3 .L84a1 / N 3 .L84a2
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1803 - 1804, 1808 - 1810, 1813 - 1820
Online indexing: none

Index to the Times (London) / the Sunday Times (London)
Alternate titles: London Times Index, The Times Index, Bailey's Annual Index to the Times, Annual Index to the Times, Official Index to the Times, Palmer's Index to the Times
Call Number: AI 21 .T58
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1785 - Present.
Online indexing: 1785-2006; (The Times Digital Archive) |
7/1/1985 to date; (Lexis-Nexis Academic) [Sunday Times is a separate file (STIMES) in LexisNexis]

Times Literary Supplement Index (London)
Call Number: ++ AN .T5821
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1902 - 1985
Online indexing: 1902 - 1980 (TLS: The Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive)

Kashshaf al-Ahram (Cairo)
Call Number: + AI 21 .A37 K19
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1974, Mar-Dec 1975, Nov 1988, Nov 1989 - 2000 (missing July 1996)
Online indexing: none
Notes: Index to al-Ahram, in Arabic.

Le Monde Index Analytique/Le Monde Index (Paris)
Call Number: Reference + AI 21 .M74 / + AI 21 .M741
Location: Olin Reference
Years Indexed: 1944 -1968 [incomplete], 1985-
Online Indexing: English abstracts only, 09/12/1997 - Present; (Lexis-Nexis)
CD-ROM indexing: Le Monde sur CD-ROM, the searchable text of Le Monde in French from 1995 to date, is in the Electronic Text Center. Each disk covers two calendar years: six archival disks plus a current disk as of 2008.

Tables du Journal le Temps (Paris)
Call Number: AI 21 .T28
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1861 - 1900
Online Indexing: none

Zeitungs-Index (German and Swiss publications)
Call Number: Reference AI 9 .Z48
Location: Latest 5 years in Olin Reference; balance in Olin Stacks
Years Indexed: 1974 - 2003
Online Indexing: 1946 - Present; (Zeitgeschichtliches Archiv)
Notes: Zeitungs-Index covers more than a dozen German-language newspapers and newsmagazines. In German. Among the titles indexed, Olin holds microfilm backfiles of >Neue z?rcher Zeitung [Zurich, 1938 - 1976], Neues Deutschland [Berlin, 4/1947 - 1994], Die Welt [Hamburg, 1953-2000]. Check the Cornell Library Catalog for exact holdings; years after 1990 only partially covered.

El Pais Indice (Madrid)
Call Number: AI 21 .P32
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1976 - 1996
Online indexing: 1996 - Present; (Lexis-Nexis)

Index to Pravda/Pravda Index (Moscow)
Call Number: + AI 21 .P73 / + AI 21 .P74
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1975 - 1977, 1986 - 1987
Online indexing: none

Letopis Gazetnykh Statei (Moscow)
Call Number: AI 15 .L635
Location: Olin Stacks. Search Library Catalog by call number; see notes field for current location.
Years Indexed: 1955 - Present
Online indexing: none
Notes: In Russian; check Cornell Library Catalog for exact holdings.

See also Current Digest of the Soviet Press/Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press in print and on CD-ROM. Check the Cornell Library Catalog for holdings and locations.

Searchable, full-text transcripts of non-English newspaper articles are available through World News Connection. WNC is foreign news service from the U.S. government that translates newspaper articles and radio/television broadcasts into English. Coverage begins in 1995. Be sure to log out after use.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974-1996 extends this coverage back to 1974. Print and microform versions of FBIS and JPRS further extend these transcripts back to the 1940s.

For information about coverage from 1947-1974, see Finding Foreign broacast Information Service Documents or consult a reference librarian for assistance.