Research Guides: Library Work Perks for Staff and Faculty: Newspapers and Magazines

Newspapers

Print
Electronic

Our current newspapers are displayed on the 1st floor of Ladd to the left of the entrance. Current newspaper display includes:

Lewiston Sun Journal
Bangor Daily News
Boston Globe
New York Times
Wall St Journal
The Bates Student
etc.

Bangor Daily News (1836-present)
Bangor Daily Whig & Courier (1836-1900) and Bangor Daily News (1836-present), with some exceptions.
Boston Globe (1997-present)
Text only. Does not include page images. Publication dates: 1987 to present
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Newspapers from 1836-1963 (most pre-1925) and a directory of American newspapers published between 1690 and the present.
Global Newsstream
Newspapers, broadcast transcripts, wire service reports and international news sources. Includes New York Times. Publication dates: 1977 to current
Maine News
Major newspapers from across the state of Maine. Publication dates: Varies, ca. 1992-current
New York Times (1980-current)
Searchable full text version of the Late Edition (East Coast). Does not include images or advertising. Publication dates: 1980 to current
Portland Press Herald (1995-current)
September 30,1995 to current (with exceptions)
Sun Journal (Lewiston, 2006-current)
Text only, no images. One day publication delay.
Wall Street Journal (1984-current)
Text only, no images. For stock quotes, data, graphs, or illustrations see microfilm 1975-1983.
Washington Post (1987 - current)
Text only, no images.

Browse print periodicals area which is located on the 1st floor of Ladd to the left of the entrance and in front of the Academic Resource Commons.

Examples of print periodicals include:

Downeast Magazine
Consumer Reports
Time
Sports Illustrated
US News and World Report
Rolling Stone
Cosmopolitan
Maine Home + Design
The New Yorker
Artforum
The Advocate
Maine.
Harper's
and so much more...

Atlantic Magazine Archive (1857 to 2014)
Prominent American general interest magazine.
Chronicle of Higher Education
News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Publication dates: September 1989-current
Ebony Magazine Archive (1945-2014)
Magazine covering civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African American focus.
Google Magazines
Searchable, full-text, color, online versions of many popular magazines including Ebony, Life, Popular Science, Baseball Digest, etc.
Part of the Google Books project. Currently includes full archives of about 90 magazines. To search 19th century periodicals, select the "All content" button in the advanced search screen.
Media History Digital Collections
Digitized film, broadcasting, and recording periodicals that are in the public domain. Can be searched, printed, or downloaded in PDF format. Publication dates: 1896 to 1995
Music Periodicals Database
Music. Publication dates: 1996 to present (some earlier) Formerly known as IIMP
Music, music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music, and composition.
New York Times Book Review (1988 to present)
The weekly Sunday book review magazine of the New York Times.
Periodicals Archive Online
Arts, humanities, social sciences journals with full text. Publication dates: 19th-20th century.
Time Magazine Archive (1923-2000)
News magazine with digitized color page images.
Vogue Archive (1892 - present)
Vogue magazine (US edition), reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Publication dates: 1892-present.

Consumer Reports

Print options
Electronic options

Consumer Reports
Most recently published located in the Browse Periodicals section on the 1st floor of the library.
Consumer Reports Buying Guide
Located on the 1st floor of the library in Bates Reference and for Library use only.

Search for consumer reports - online
"Forsale" Google Group: A list primarily for Bates faculty, staff and students to use for announcing items for sale, items wanted, items to give away and items or ideas of possible interest to the Forsale community.