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Indiana Magazine of History
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Peer-reviewed articles, research notes, annotated primary documents, reviews, and critical essays that contribute to public and scholarly understanding of midwestern and Indiana history.
Published continuously since 1905, the Indiana Magazine of History is one of the nation's oldest historical journals. Since 1913, the IMH has been edited and published quarterly at Indiana University, Bloomington. Today, the IMH features peer-reviewed articles, research notes, annotated primary documents, reviews, and critical essays that contribute to public and scholarly understanding of midwestern and Indiana history.

Indiana History Bulletin
Call Number: Wells Library - EastTower2 - Indiana Collection - F521 .I53
The Indiana History Bulletin was published quarterly by the Indiana Historical Bureau from 1923-2001.
The Indiana Historian
Call Number: Wells Library - EastTower2 - Indiana Collection -- F521 .I417
The Indiana Historian is a magazine on varied topics in Indiana history, which demonstrates and encourages good research techniques and the use and proper documentation of a variety of primary sources. Activities are suggested to help the learning process and add resources for local and state history.
Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History
Call Number: Wells Library - Research Coll. - Stacks -- F521 .T7
Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History is published quarterly as a benefit of membership in the Indiana Historical Society since 1989. It has explored the lives of artists, writers, politicians, performers, soldiers, entrepreneurs, homemakers, reformers, and naturalists.

Newspapers

Indiana Newspapers: Microfilm Holdings at IUB: Indiana University’s Government Information, Maps and Microform Services guide to Indiana newspapers, including how to locate the holdings and what newspapers the library have on microfilm.

America's Historical Newspapers
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More than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published during the past four centuries, including titles from all 50 present states, 1690-1922. Use place of publication tab to narrow search to Indiana newspapers.
Based on a collection of rare newspapers held by the American Antiquarian Society, with contributions from the Boston Athenaeum, the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Library Company of Philadelphia; the Library of Congress, the libraries of universities such as Brown and Harvard, and private collections. Fully text-searchable; browseable by newspaper title.

Collections included: African American Newspapers, Series 1 ; African American Newspapers, Series 2 ; Caribbean Newspapers ; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection ; Hispanic American Newspapers ; Early American Newspapers, Series 1-7, 11-12, and 17-19.

Indiana State Library: Online Newspapers from Indiana
Links to current online newspapers from Indiana cities and universities. Some newspapers have archives, but most of the information is contemporary rather than historical.

Indianapolis Star (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
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Provides full text access to The Indianapolis Star from 1903 to 2004.
The Indianapolis Star is the largest paper in Indiana. It has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times — once for meritorious public service and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the Star was honored for its 1974 series on corruption within the Indianapolis Police Department. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on medical malpractice.

The Indianapolis Star is the largest paper in Indiana. It has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize three times — once for meritorious public service and twice for investigative reporting. In 1975, the Star was honored for its 1974 series on corruption within the Indianapolis Police Department. It was cited again in 1991 for its 1990 series on medical malpractice.

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Access to the Indianapolis Star 2009-Present (via ProQuest Recent Newspapers). Note there may be a lag time of approximately 5 days for new issues to be added.

The IUB Library holds the physical microfilm for the Indianapolis Star, 1907-present, located on the second floor of the East Tower, call number AN2 .I3S7.
Newspaper Source Plus
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Full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes newspapers, newswires and news magazines, as well as television and radio news transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Newspaper Source Plus provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) including the Bloomington Herald Times, and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for articles in the following major newspapers beginning in January 1, 1995:
Newspapers.com World Collection
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Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Includes access to newspapers from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia, and Panama.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
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A digital archive of American historical newspapers from the 19th century, including over 1.5 million full-text pages, many complete with images. Try narrowing down by date, place of publication, or search by newspaper.

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