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American newspapers -- California

California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) view detail comment email this

Digitized collection of "over 200,000 pages of California newspapers spanning the years 1849-1911: the Alta California, 1849-1891; the San Francisco Call, 1893-1910; the Amador Ledger, 1900-1911; the Imperial Valley Press, 1901-1911; the Sacramento Record-Union, 1859-1890; and the Los Angeles Herald, 1905-1907." Additional material is forthcoming. Includes background about The Call and the Los Angeles Daily Herald, lesson plans, and related material. From the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR), University of California, Riverside.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/newsucr
Topics: Newspapers

Last updated Nov 24, 2009


California Newspaper Project (CNP) view detail comment email this

Contains a catalog of bibliographic records for "11,000 of an estimated total of 20,000 California newspapers published since 1846," representing the holdings of over 2,500 libraries, historical societies, and museums. Searchable by keyword, title, place, subject, publishing year, and holding institution. Also includes database of microfilm master negatives, and related links. Managed by the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside.
http://cnp2.ucr.edu/
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Last updated Oct 18, 2009


Los Angeles Times view detail comment email this

Daily edition. Archives to 1990. Free to search, but full-text costs. Also has community information for Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.
http://www.latimes.com/
Topics: Newspapers

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


The McClatchy Company: Timeline view detail comment email this

Brief overview of the history of this California-based newspaper and Internet publisher, whose holdings include the Sacramento Bee (founded in 1857), the Fresno Bee, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and the Knight-Ridder company (acquired in 2006). Includes links to additional material on Pulitzer prizes won by newspapers now with the McClatchy Company, a list of member newspapers, and news about the company and its operations.
http://www.mcclatchy.com/100/story/340.html
Topics: Business

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


MercuryNews.com view detail comment email this

Contains the complete edition of the San Jose Mercury News newspaper, which covers the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically Silicon Valley. Also includes "feature content from other local sources and the Bay Area's best news, entertainment, sports, business, health, travel, and home information." Archives extend back to 1985. (There is a charge to access articles older than seven days.) Searchable.
http://www.mercurynews.com/
Topics: Newspapers

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


Sacbee.com view detail comment email this

The Sacramento Bee and more.
http://www.sacbee.com/
Topics: Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


SFBayView.com view detail comment email this

The online version of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper is updated weekly. It presents a perspective from the African American community of San Francisco's Bayview District. Includes a weekly calendar of events as well as news and analysis of local, national, and international issues. Searchable.
http://www.sfbayview.com/
Topics: Black Resources, Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


SFGate.com view detail comment email this

Full text of the San Francisco Chronicle daily newspaper, plus searchable archives back to January 1, 1995 (syndicated material not included). Includes information about Bay Area weather, traffic, real estate listings, movies, nightlife, classifieds, travel, and events, plus live Webcam views from several key areas in the city.
http://www.sfgate.com/
Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre

Last updated Oct 26, 2009


SignOn San Diego view detail comment email this

The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper site. Newspaper is archived (full-text for fee and abstracts for free, back to January 2000) and searchable.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/
Topics: Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre

Last updated Oct 26, 2009





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