Most state projects have their own website and many of them prepared
either
a list of their state's newspapers or created a searchable
database. Unfortunately
it can be difficult to locate the web page that has these useful
indexes. Below
is a list of those lists or databases and links to them.
If you find a link that doesn't work or if you know of a
database
I missed, please send me a note at
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State
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URL and Notes
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Alabama
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http://www.archives.state.al.us/newsmicro/search.cfm
This is a searchable online database. It also has a form for interlibrary
loan and purchase of film.
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Alaska
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http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/newspaper/news.html
Has 3 separate PDF files.City, title, chronology.
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Arizona
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http://www.lib.az.us/anp/titles.cfm
Organized by county.Also notes how many reels or if the filming
is
still in progress.
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Arkansas
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Does not have a separate list.
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California
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http://cnp.ucr.edu/cnpsearchdb.html
Searchable database.
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Colorado
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Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection
For a general description of the Colorado historic newspaper collection,
see
http://www.bcr.org/cdp/projects/newspapers/index.html
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Connecticut
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http://www.cslib.org/newspaper/finding.htm
This is an online catalog of materials in CT libraries.Once you
begin,
select reQuest Serials Catalog in Use Database.
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Delaware
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http://www2.lib.udel.edu/delnews/list.htm
Organized by title
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District of Columbia
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Does not have a separate list. |
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Florida
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http://web.uflib.ufl.edu./fnp/
Searchable database.Also has a nice history of Florida
newspapers.
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/flnews/brief.html
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Georgia
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http://www.libs.uga.edu/gnp/listab.html?Search=Begin+Search%21
List organized by city then title.Some titles have relevant
notes
on history of particular titles.
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Hawaii
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Does not have a separate list.
Contact special collections at Univ. of Hawaii. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~speccoll/
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Idaho
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http://idahohistory.net/library_collections.html#anchor566425
Organized by city.
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Illinois
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http://web.library.uiuc.edu/asp/inp/mergeddatabase/search_form.asp
Searchable database. Also have a very nice web page on various
aspects
of the project.
http://door.library.uiuc.edu/inp/
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Indiana
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http://www.indianahistory.org/Microfilm_Catalog.asp
Information about the project and forms for ordering copies
of the microfilm can be found at:
http://www.indianahistory.org/conservation/pid.html
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Iowa
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Does not have a separate list.
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Kansas
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http://www.kshs.org/library/news.htm
Has a searchable database
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Kentucky
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Does not have a separate list.
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Louisiana
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http://lsu.louislibraries.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/K2HCmGA2By/6190007/60/70/X
Online catalog of Louisiana libraries from the LSU website.For
type,
make sure you select newspaper.
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Maine
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Does not have a separate list.
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Maryland
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http://speccol.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/catalog/newspapers/cfm/index.cfm
Has separate lists by chronology, title, county, plus images of
select
newspapers.Very well organized.
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Massachusetts
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http://www.bpl.org/research/microtext/news.htm
Has two separate lists.Boston, and the rest of
Massachusetts.
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Michigan
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Does not have a separate list
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Minnesota
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http://collections.mnhs.org/newspapers/arsearch.html
Searchable database on Minnesota Historical Society site.
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Mississippi
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http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us/F?func=find-b-0
Separate databases by title, town, county.Also includes
database
of microfilm held for other states.
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Missouri
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Does not have a separate list.
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Montana
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Does not have a separate list.
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Nebraska
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http://iris.unl.edu/
Search on Univ. of Nebraska library online
catalog.
There is a nice history of Nebraska newspapers at
http://www.unl.edu/nebnews/newshis.htm
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Nevada
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Does not have a separate list.
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New Hampshire
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Organized by title.Includes name of publisher.
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New Jersey
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http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-1.html
A table organized by county
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New Mexico
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Does not have a separate list.
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New York
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http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/
Provides listing by county or city.Separates by film held at
the
New York State Library and film held in other New York
institutions.
Very easy to use.
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North Carolina
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http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/reference/newspapers/GuideMaster.pdf
PDF file of newspapers by city then title.For general
information
on the NC newspaper project, see: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/TSS/newspape.htm#SLNC
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North Dakota
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http://www.state.nd.us/hist/newshome.htm
Provides a clickable map plus a table of counties with town
names.
For more information on ND newspaper history, see: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/infnews.htm
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Ohio
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http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/newspaper/home.cfm
Has separate lists by title, city, and county.
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Oklahoma
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http://www.okhistory.org/newsdb/index.php
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Oregon
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http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/newspapers/papers.html#oregon
List of newspapers by county.They have a note that they are
still
cataloging film and will be adding more to the lsit. Last
updated
April 28, 2004
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Pennsylvania
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Does not have a separate list. You have to search
the
the state online catalog.
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/cwp/view.asp?a=2&Q=40148
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Puerto Rico
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Does not have a separate database.
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Rhode Island
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Does not have a separate database.
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South Carolina
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Does not have a separate database.You have to search their online
catalog.
http://www.sc.edu/uscan/
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South Dakota
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http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/newspaper/default.asp
Searchable database. Very nice home page for the project,
http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/arc_npap.htm,
that includes a list of lost newspapers.
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Tennessee
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http://www.lib.utk.edu/tnp/
Searchable database plus it has a browse feature.
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Texas
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http://www.cah.utexas.edu/documents/services/newspapers_fa.pdf
From this site you can search the database or download a list
of all
Texas newspapers in PDF format.
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Utah
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Does not have a separate database.
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Vermont
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http://vtnp.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Searchable database by several fields.General description of
the
Vermont can be found at http://vtnp.uvm.edu/
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Virginia
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http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/news/bib_data1.asp
Searchable database by county or city.More useful information
and
indexes on Virginia newspapers can be found at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/news/index.htm
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Washington
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http://www.statelib.wa.gov/catalog_county.aspx
Database by county or city with a clickable map of the
state.
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West Virginia.
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http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/wvcollection/newspapers.htm
Searchable database
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Wisconsin
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Does not have a separate list.You have to search their general
catalog.
http://search.library.wisc.edu
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Wyoming
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http://wyonewspapers.org
PDFs of newspapers by title, city, and county.
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