There are two different strategies for working with newspapers:

• locating articles on specific topics
  Usually, for this technique you will need an index - or a digitized version of the paper - or a lot of patience.
• locating entire papers from specific places or time periods
  Then, you can browse the paper for local news and events.

Use the Journal search tab in OneSearch or try WorldCat for papers not held by the University Libraries. Records for newspapers will tell you where to find current paper issues and older years on microfilm. Some newspaper records can be quite complicated, as newspapers may have many title or publication changes.

Arkansas Papers

• Search in OneSearch under place name as keyword, example
  • United States Arkansas [county] [city]
  • "United States Arkansas Benton Bentonville"
  • Place quotes around the phrase for more exact searching
  • Be sure to LIMIT your search to Material Type = newspapers
     
• For Arkansas newspapers outside our collection,  Brendel, Shirley J. Arkansas Newspapers. Fayetteville, AR: University Libraries, 1987, has a list by county.
• You can also search records at the Arkansas State Archives to view their newspaper holdings by county and city (limit to Record Type = Newspapers)

Other U.S. Papers

• Search in OneSearch under place name as subject, e.g.,
  • United States [state] [county] [city]
  • United States Oklahoma Muskogee
  • United States Georgia Fulton Atlanta
• Be sure to LIMIT your search to Material Type = newspapers

International Newspapers

• Try OneSearch with place name and keyword newspapers, e.g.
  • (london or britain) and newspapers
• Be sure to LIMIT your search to Material Type = newspapers

Outside our Collections

For newspapers outside our collection, try WorldCat or use a printed catalog such as:

• Newspapers in Microform. 3v. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1973‐. Lists newspapers held in U.S. libraries by country, state, and city.
• Arkansas Union List of Newspapers. Fayetteville, AR: University Libraries, 1993. (Note that this list does not include foreign newspapers).

For papers outside of Arkansas or outside of our collection, you can browse the date indexes in:

Brendel, Shirley J. Arkansas Newspapers. Fayetteville, AR: University Libraries, 1987.

Lathern, Edward Connery. Chronological tables of American Newspapers, 1690 1820. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society.

You will then have to check OneSearch to see if we own those newspapers. Note that these tools may list titles not in our library.