Newspaper Resources in the Library
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NewsBank *
The Library purchases online full-text access to the archives of these Minnesota papers: -
ProQuest **
Provides the full text of hundreds of newspapers including:- Star Tribune * (There is a lag time; go to the Star Tribune for today's paper.)
- Historical Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1922) *
- St. Cloud Times * (Includes today's paper)
- Sioux Falls Argus-Leader * (Includes today's paper)
- New York Times * (Includes today's paper)
- Wall Street Journal * (Includes today's paper)
- Washington Post * (Includes today's paper)
- Additional Minnesota Papers
Legislators and staff may contact the library for passwords to search other Minnesota papers including: - Customized Google Search of Minnesota Papers
Results may not be comprehensive. To ensure the best search results, you may also need to search that individual newspaper's website. Show/Hide Newspaper List - Other Newspapers
Full-text access to many U.S. newspapers is available through fee-based services. Librarians will search these services for legislators and legislative staff. - Newspapers the Library Receives
- Links to the World - Media
*Restricted to legislators and legislative staff.
**Access to ProQuest is provided through the Electronic Library for Minnesota, a state-funded, Minitex-administered program. Legislators and staff may access the ProQuest papers off-site. Contact the library for passwords.
Electronic newspaper archives may not include all articles and commentary published in the print editions. Due to the U.S. Supreme Court Tasini decision, contributions by authors other than newspaper staff may not be available.
Newspaper Clippings Files
The Library's print clipping files provide valuable historical coverage and supplement occasional gaps in electronic coverage of legislative issues:
- Subject files include articles chosen from the Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and selected greater Minnesota newspapers. Detailed primary and secondary subject codes are listed in the Library's Codebook. Coverage dates from 1970.
- District files include materials on legislators from newspapers owned by the Library and items received from a clipping service, as well as magazine articles. Filed by legislative district number, the coverage dates from 1972. These clippings are filmed for permanent storage.
- Minnesota Personalities clipping files include newspaper articles and other materials on former Minnesota legislators and selected prominent Minnesotans, including newspaper columnists and state officials. Coverage dates vary. (List of personalities.)
- Opinion polls from selected Minnesota newspapers are available in the reference collection: Minnesota Poll/StarTribune (1970 to present), St. Cloud Times Poll (1979 to present), St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch (1977 to present).