H113The Seventies Finding Newspaper Articles: Tips for Finding Digital and Microfilm Archives Finding specific dates for the event in the 70s of your choosing is absolutely critical. The more specific the date or date range, the easier it is going to be to find pertinent articles for your assignment. Refer to the sources below for specific dates/events. Theres a good photo essay on the CNN website called 70 Historic Moments From the 70s. Two good timelines are The 1970s in Pop Culture, Politics & Beyond and Americas Best History Timeline. How to find them? Just use Google! To find the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, go to the librarys web page at library.indstate.edu. Click on the Articles and Databases tab that is near the middle of the page, and below the search box, click on Databases A-Z. Click on H and then on Historical Newspapers (from ProQuest). This will take you to the Proquest site where you will see photos for the different options in the middle of the screen. Click on News and Newspapers. You will be taken to a list of databases, choose the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. The Chicago Defender and the Baltimore Afro American are also on this list and are of considerable interest Contact Brian Bunnett at brian.bunnett@indstate.edu if youre still stuck. Another African-American digital newspaper of interest is the following: Indianapolis Recorder--www.ulib.iupui.edu/collections/IRecorder Interested in extra credit? Microfilm is stored in alphabetical order in an alcove in the basement. The microfilm readers are available for use on the first floor, and circulation staff will be available to walk you through the directions if you need help. A list of titles that are available in the basement follows: Chicago TribuneJanuary 1967-December 2001 Los Angeles TimesJanuary 1972-December 2001 The Nation1865-1998 National ReviewNovember 1955-December 2000 Newsweek1942-2002 Sports IllustratedAugust 1954-June 1997 Terre Haute Tribune-StarJanuary 1953May 1983 Time MagazineMarch 1923-July 2001 Washington Post 1974-1999

H113The Seventies Finding Newspaper Articles: Tips for Finding Digital and Microfilm Archives Finding specific dates for the event in the 70s of your choosing is absolutely critical. The more specific the date or date range, the easier it is going to be to find pertinent articles for your assignment. Refer to the sources below for specific dates/events. Theres a good photo essay on the CNN website called 70 Historic Moments From the 70s. Two good timelines are The 1970s in Pop Culture, Politics & Beyond and Americas Best History Timeline. How to find them? Just use Google! To find the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, go to the librarys web page at library.indstate.edu. Click on the Articles and Databases tab that is near the middle of the page, and below the search box, click on Databases A-Z. Click on H and then on Historical Newspapers (from ProQuest). This will take you to the Proquest site where you will see photos for the different options in the middle of the screen. Click on News and Newspapers. You will be taken to a list of databases, choose the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. The Chicago Defender and the Baltimore Afro American are also on this list and are of considerable interest Contact Brian Bunnett at brian.bunnett@indstate.edu if youre still stuck. Another African-American digital newspaper of interest is the following: Indianapolis Recorder--www.ulib.iupui.edu/collections/IRecorder Interested in extra credit? Microfilm is stored in alphabetical order in an alcove in the basement. The microfilm readers are available for use on the first floor, and circulation staff will be available to walk you through the directions if you need help. A list of titles that are available in the basement follows: Chicago TribuneJanuary 1967-December 2001 Los Angeles TimesJanuary 1972-December 2001 The Nation1865-1998 National ReviewNovember 1955-December 2000 Newsweek1942-2002 Sports IllustratedAugust 1954-June 1997 Terre Haute Tribune-StarJanuary 1953May 1983 Time MagazineMarch 1923-July 2001 Washington Post 1974-1999