Subject Guides: HSTY 417: History of California-ONLINE: Research Paper Guide

Assignment Guidelines

The following information pertains to your research essay:

NOTE: These instructions are not comprehensive. Refer to the assignment attachment found within your Blackboard class page for full instructions.

The essay is due at the end of week 8
Sources: A minimum of 10 historical newspaper articles
- These articles should discuss ten events or topics covered in your course
- Each article must be from a different decade PRIOR to 2000

How to Cite Newspaper Articles for this Paper

-Do not provide a hyperlink or cite the newspaper article as a footnote

-Just state something like this in your text: “According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 1892 … ”

Current & Historical Newspapers

Historical California Newspapers

Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-1994) This link opens in a new window
The Los Angeles Times (1881-1994) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.
Los Angeles Times (1986 - current) This link opens in a new window
The Los Angeles Times (1985-current) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back from 1986 - present. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

California Digital Newspaper Collection
The California Digital Newspaper Collection contains over 1,500,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846-present.

Other Newspaper Resources

19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
To access the New York Times you will need to Create Your Own Account. Get step by step instructions for setting up your account!
NOTE: must re-activate account through the above library link to continue access each year.
With an account you can: *Save articles for later. *Receive custom newsletters. *Email stories, videos and multimedia.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Includes small and large newspapers from the U.S. and the world.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles by title, headline, date, newspaper section, and other fields.
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream provides full-text news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives dating back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites. It contains information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, and The Daily Telegraph.