Newspaper Access for UW-L Students

There are no paper copies of the New York Times
for students in the 2006-2007 Academic Year.

If you wish to assign newspaper-related activities please note that two of Murphy Library’s five news databases, provide FREE full text from a variety of national and international news sources:

  • Newspapers (ProQuest)
    Includes articles from TheNew York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Time ( London), and more.

  • Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)
    Includes radio and TV transcripts from CBS, FOX, NPR and more.

These databases are freely available to all faculty, staff, and students. (Off campus access requires a user’s UW-L e-mail username and password.)

Help in using these data bases is available at “Database Tips: News.” Students can be directed to tutorials and guides, including how to search a specific publication (i.e,, The New York Times) in Newspapers ProQuest.

Content varies by publication, but the following are typically included:

  • Staff-written articles
  • Editorials
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Non-Syndicated Columnists

Typically not included are:

  • Classifieds
  • Images (photos, cartoons, advertisements)
  • Obituaries (Included in the NY Times)
  • Stocks
  • Sports Scores

Please contact Galadriel Chilton (chilton.gala@uwlax.edu, 785-8738), Electronic Resource Librarian, with any questions about Murphy Library’s news databases.