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New York Times ( ) Wall Street Journal ( ) Washington Post ( ) Christian Science Monitor ( ) Los Angeles Times ( ) Chicago Tribune ( ) Atlanta Constitution ( ) Boston Globe ( ) Chicago Defender ( ) Hartford Courant ( ) The New York Tribune ( ) The Guardian ( ) The Observer ( ) Historical Newspapers The Definitive Digital Archive

History of The Observer ( ) The oldest Sunday newspaper in the world –Covered Mozart’s and Marie Antoinette’s death –In 1800s came to stand for freedom of the press and serious coverage of politics and literature –Took principled stand against the British invasion of the Suez in 1956 "The Observer is Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper and it has been making mischief, poking its nose where it shouldn't and reporting the best in arts, culture, politics, sport, business and skulduggery for over 200 years”. Roger Alton, former Editor of The Observer from

History of the Guardian ( ) First edition published 5 May 1821 in Manchester (includes short notice of Napoleon’s death) Became daily in 1855 with abolition of Stamp Duty on newspapers 2001 praised at British Press Awards for coverage of 11 th September: “bold, simple and courageous. “Comment is free, but facts are sacred… The voice of opponents no less than that of friends has a right to be heard”. CP Scott, editor of the Manchester Guardian for 57 years.

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Newspapers - In Summary Applicable to most scholarly disciplines and interests Primary source material Often referred to as “the first draft of history” Historical newspapers Available for all titles Uninterrupted coverage Can search the Full Text Full runs, full image version of newspapers Includes: display ads, stock quotes, classified ads, political cartoons Search 19 article types

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