Newspapers
At CSU current national and international newspapers are arranged in alphabetical order in the Newspaper area; Colorado newspapers are in their own section, also in alphabetical order.
Newspapers are updated daily, so they have very current information. CSU receives: Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times (LAT), New York Times (NYT), Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Washington Post, London Times. (Some titles have a day or two delay in reaching CSU.)
For very current topics, browse through recent issues. Breaking news will be on Web sites. (See also Late Breaking News for additional links.)
Web sites will have headline news, although some of the sites have leisure, entertainment, classified, job openings, and other sections available.
- Denver Post. CSU owns 1894- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN .D4 MICROTEXT FILM
Index for major issues covers 1963-1978; a commercial index covers 1979- . Full text available through LexisNexis Academic January 1, 1994 to the present. (Under General News--Major Papers and U.S. News--Colorado News Sources.)
Local and regional news. Some coverage of national news.
- Rocky Mountain News. CSU has current two weeks only in Newspaper area. On microfilm: 1859-1947 and 1996- . AN .R6 MICROTEXT FILM
Local and regional news. Some coverage of national news.
- Christian Science Monitor. CSU owns 1965- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN .C5 MICROTEXT FILM
Full text available through LexisNexis Academic January 2, 1980 to the present. (Under General News--Major Papers)
Reports news of national and international importance. Concentrates on a few stories only, but does a thorough job of them.
- Los Angeles Times. CSU has current two weeks only in Newspaper area. Indexed in Newspaper Abstracts and National Newspaper Index.
Full text available through LexisNexis Academic for the past six months only. (Under General News--Major Papers)Regional coverage. Popular culture, prominent coverage of social and cultural news. Liberal tone editorial page.
- New York Times. 1851- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN 1 .N4 MICROTEXT FILM. (You must register to use web site; currently no charge, but you must have an email account.)
Full text available through LexisNexis Academic June 1, 1980 to the present. Citations to articles cover January 1, 1969 to the present. (Under General News--Major Papers and U.S. News--New York News Sources)
High-quality journalism and commentary. Reports on travel, art, leisure, technology, advertising, patents, business. NYT Book Review on Sunday (also has book reviews throughout week). Liberal tone editorial page. Frequently referred to as the "paper of record" because its news stories are often accompanied by the text of speeches and official documents (hence, historical information).
- Wall Street Journal. CSU owns 1957- . Last 5 days on Reserve. Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm . HG 1 .W2 MICROTEXT FILM (You must register to access this web site; fee to access.)
Abstracts (summaries of articles) available through LexisNexis Academic May 1, 1973 to the present and full text of articles are online via Wall Street Journal database 1984- . (Under General News--Abstracts). Access to some free-lance articles and photographs may not be available.
Financial and business information in national and international news. Covers politics and government. Conservative tone editorial page. (CSU: Western Edition on paper, Eastern Edition is indexed and on CSU's microfilm.)
- Washington Post. CSU owns 1982- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN .W33 MICROTEXT FILM
Full text available through LexisNexis Academic January 1, 1977 to the present. (Under General News--Major Papers)
Authoritative coverage of federal government and national politics. Opinion page and Sunday "Outlook" excellent and influential. Covers international affairs, good business, rivals NYT in foreign affairs. Liberal tone editorial page.
- (London) Times. 1785- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN .T5 MICROTEXT FILM. (You must register to access web site; currently no charge.)
Full text available through LexisNexis Academic July 1, 1985 to the present. (Under General News--Major Papers)
Print index call number AI 21 .T46; recent years on Reference Index shelves, older years in Morgan stacks.
Britain's most prestigious newspaper. Conservative bent in editorials. Excellent coverage of European and international news.
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- Rocky Mountain Collegian Online.
Colorado State University's student newspaper. Full text available from early 1998 to the present. (Scattered coverage for earlier years.)
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- Fort Collins Coloradoan. CSU owns 1988- . Current issues in print (Newspaper area), older issues on microfilm. AN .F64 MICROTEXT FILM
Local newspaper. Limited information online. Search online archive from 1999 to the present (gives date of article and first few lines only; no section or page number; provides option to purchase online; requires setting up an account); last 7 days only has free access to articles.
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LexisNexis Academic is available via the "Research Databases" page. It has several parts, all of which must be searched separately.
It is suggested that you select the 
tab (which will then look like: 
) to do searches. Search within Major U.S. and World Publications; Major World Publications (Non-English); News Wire Services; TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts; Blogs; and Web Publications for news. Default search is past two (2) years, so if earlier material is desired, it will need to be indicated.
Or select 
and do other, more specific searches. For example, choose University Wire to search in college and university newspapers.
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U.S. Newspaper Links is a useful site with state-by-state links to newspaper and radio Web sites. Pop ups. Colorado.
Newspaperindex (Hans Henrik Lichtenberg) is a site with country-by-country links to "the best online newspapers." Thus, it is selective, not comprehensive. USA.
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