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My Story in the World - Rayburn: National and World History

Research guide for Mr. Rayburn's class.

Magazines

Time: Full Text articles back to May 1990.
Time Magazine Archives: Articles available free online.
Newsweek: Full Text articles back to January 1990.
U.S. News and World Report: Full Text articles from 1990 to 2010.

More Popular Magazines

You can search many other titles in the library's Online Journal and Newspaper Locator. Type the title of the source you want to find.

Databases & Web Sites

Newspapers

LexisNexis
Full-text access to hundreds of recent (and even not-so-recent) newspaper and magazine articles. Type in your search terms in the center search box, using and to narrow and or to broaden; put quotation marks around unique phrases. The default search is set to Major U.S. and World Publications for the Previous 2 years, which can be changed to suit your needs. After you click search, notice that you can narrow your search by clicking on the categories in the left toolbar. Click on the plus sign to expand your options and click on the blue link to narrow your search.

Historical New York Times
Access any New York Times article from 1851-2008.

The UIUC Library Newspaper Database
Use this database if you are looking for a specific newspaper or city.  Your will only be able to search the title of the newspapers not the full text of the articles.

History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library (University of Illinois)
This library holds tens of thousands of reels of microfilm and subscribes to almost 500 current newspapers.