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"News is the first rough draft of history."
- Philip Graham, former publisher, Washington Post
Newspapers are great sources of primary information. They often contain the first published accounts of an event, and provide windows into communities, contemporary social ideas, and local views on current events. The UO Libraries have a large collection of newspapers published in Oregon, the United States, and around the world, both current and historical. This guide highlights the UO Libraries' collections, as well as resources for finding newspapers and newspaper stories not available from the Libraries.
Off-campus access to some of the electronic resources listed on this page is limited to current UO students, faculty, and staff and is indicated by a UO button
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Print issues of current Oregon newspapers are available in the Current Periodicals Reading Room on the second floor of the Knight Library. Ask at the service desk if you don't see the issue you want on the shelves.
Online issues are available for many Oregon newspapers:
To find additional Oregon newspapers on the web, see:
Microfilm copies of most Oregon newspapers are located in the Knight Library Microforms Department. Newspapers on microfilm are shelved by city and then by the title of the publication. Most are listed by title in the UO Libraries Catalog.
For titles not found in the library catalog, check the inventories for:
For assistance in using microfilm, ask at the Microforms desk on the first floor of Knight Library.
For information on searching for individual news items in Oregon newspapers, see Finding News Articles.
Print issues of 10 U.S. newspapers -- outside of Oregon -- are available in the Current Periodicals Reading Room on the second floor of Knight Library. The most recent issues (the latest 3-6 months) of these papers can be found arranged first by city, then by title. These are:
The current issues of these and many other U.S. newspapers are available online for free. Comprehensive web listings are available at:
Microfilm copies of select U.S. newspapers are available. You can check the Library catalog by title, check the inventory (by city) of newspapers on microform, or ask for assistance at the Microforms desk on the first floor of Knight Library. Newspapers on microfilm are shelved by city and then by the title of the publication.
Listed below are the Library's microfilm holdings of substantial runs of U.S. newspapers outside of Oregon. The electronic archives that are also listed usually charge a fee for stories from older issues. You can avoid the fee by using the microfilm collection. However, printing from microfilm costs 13¢ per page with Campus Cash or 20¢ with coins.
For more information on searching for individual news items in U.S. newspapers, see Finding News Articles.
Print issues of newspapers published outside the U.S. are available in the Current Periodicals Reading Room on the second floor of Knight Library. Ask at the service desk for a listing of our print subscriptions to international and non-English newspapers.
For comprehensive listings of online international newspapers, visit the following websites:For information on searching for individual news items in newspapers, see Finding News Articles.
The Underground Newspapers microfilm collection includes "alternative" papers published between 1965 and 1971; over 460 papers are represented. The inventory lists underground papers alphabetically by title, giving microfilm reel number(s), city and state, and year(s) of publication. All issues of a title for a given year appear on a single reel together. The collection is located in the Microforms section of Knight Library, under "U" for Underground (as if "Underground" were a city).