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Newspaper Resources


  • 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:

  • Electronic Access to Additional Minnesota Papers
    Legislators and staff may contact the library for passwords to search other Minnesota papers including:

  • Newspapers the Library Receives in Print

  • Minnesota Newspapers Directory

  • 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.
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  • 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.

  • Links to the World - Media

*Restricted to legislators, legislative staff and library computers.

 **Access to ProQuest is provided through the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM), 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. Clipping file coverage is from 1970 to June 2009. Please see the Library's News Archive for newspaper articles from 2009 to the present.