Finding Articles in Oregon Newspapers

"Fact that is fact every day is not news; it's truth. We report news, not truth." - Linda Ellerbee

This guide provides a list of newspaper indexes and full-text sources for news stories available in the UO Libraries for Oregon newspapers.

The Oregon Media Directory compiles links to 60 websites for Oregon newspapers, radio and TV stations, and community-oriented blogs. There is a custom search box for each category, and also for the entire site.

You may also be interested in the UO Libraries' guide to Finding Obituaries & Vital Information. For further assistance, please ask a reference librarian.

The Oregonian: Indexes

The Eugene Public Library offers indexing and full text content to The Oregonian, through a database available to public libraries. The UO Libraries offers Factiva, which provides very limited full text content of The Oregonian from July 1989 to the present. In the Factiva search box, enter sn=Oregonian and then a keyword/s. Example: sn=Oregonian and Kitzhaber

The Oregonian also provides searching and very limited full text content to its newspaper.

1852-1987

Oregon Newspapers Index provides an online index to articles in The Oregonian. The database covers 1852-1987 and contains more than 839,000 records.

1851-1979

Portland Newspaper Index. 1851-1979. MICROFICHE AI 21.O5 1851-1979. Produced from card index prepared by the Multnomah County Library. "Articles are indexed from the Oregonian, 1851-1979, the Oregon Journal, 1902-1979, plus some other local newspapers, periodicals, and miscellaneous monographs. The subjects pertain to Oregon, Portland, and the Northwest."

1980-1984

Portland Newspaper Index, 1980-1984. MICROFICHE AI 21.O5 1980-1984. Continuation of Portland Newspaper Index. Indexes articles from:

Oregonian

Oregon Journal

Willamette Week

Business Journal

Eugene Newspapers: Indexes

1867-Present

The Register-Guard has a search box, with a "paid archive" back to 1991 and a Google news archive back to 1867. For full text of articles not available through the home page, use UO Library microfilm.

1963-2004

Register-Guard Index from the Oregon Newspapers Index. This index contains more than 30,000 records.

1855-1870

Eugene Newspaper Index. 20 fiches. MICROFICHE AI 21 .E96. Compiled by George Ann Clingan and Patty Rhay at the Lane Community College Library. The first part, pages 1-22, is the list of newpapers indexed, the list of abbreviations, and the subject authority. The second part, pages 23-391, is the Biography section. The third part, pages 548-1051, is the General News section. Papers indexed: Democratic Herald, Democratic Register, Eugene City News, Eugene City Review, Eugene City Guard, Pacific Journal, and People's Press.

2000-Present

Oregon Daily Emerald index to the University of Oregon student newspaper.

1900-1979

Daily Emerald Index to the campus newspaper of the University of Oregon. This index is part of the Oregon Newspapers Index and contains more than 102,000 records.

2000-Present

Eugene Weekly , Eugene's alternative weekly newspaper. Search or browse issues by keyword or date.

Indexes to Other Oregon Newspaper Stories

The Oregon Digital Newspaper Program provides keyword searching to the full text of the early years of many Oregon newspapers

Factiva also indexes a number of other Oregon newspapers, besides The Oregonian. Coverage varies. These newspapers include:

Business Journal of Portland
Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
Dalles Chronicle
Grants Pass Daily Courier
Klamath Falls Herald & News
Mail Tribune (Medford)
News-Review (Roseburg)
Northwest Construction
Oregon Business
Oregonian (Portland)
Pacific Builder and Engineer
Register-Guard (Eugene)
Statesman Journal (Salem)
World (Coos Bay)

In the Factiva search box, enter sn=[the name of the newspaper], and then a keyword. Example: sn=Columbian and bridges

Oregon Index

A selective index to Oregon newspapers, and to Oregon items in selected other publications. Oregon Index coverage varies from paper to paper. Newspapers indexed include:

Coos Bay World, Jan 1996 - May 1996
Corvallis Gazette Times, 1995 - 1999
Daily Astorian, 1998-1990
Eugene Register-Guard, 1988 - 2002
Klamath Falls Herald & News, 1996
LaGrande Observer, 1995 - 2004
Lake Oswego Review, 1996 - 2004
Portland Oregonian, Jan 1985-Dec 1992
Salem Statesman Journal, Jan 1987 - Sept 2002
Tigard Times, 1996 - 2003
West Linn Tidings, 1998 - 2004
Willamette Week, 1974 - 1997
Wilsonville Spokesman, 1995 - 2004

East Oregonian Index [Pendelton], 1976-1983

KNIGHT AI 21 .E753a

Oregon Journal index, 1902-1908

KNIGHT AI 21.O78

Oregon Spectator Index, 1846-1854

OR.COLL. AI 21 .O7

Maintained by: Paul Frantz, pfrantz@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 03/07/2012