Articles
If you are researching a contemporary figure or someone who is not well-known, try finding articles. Articles are also useful for fleshing out research on any individual.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowIndexes newspapers, magazines, and journals.
- Nexis UniContains international and U.S. news sources from 1980 to present. Text only.
Obituaries
To find obituaries, search newspaper articles.
Search Tips
- Search close to the date of the individual's death.
- Search local newspapers for members of the general public.
- Combine the person's name with the word "obituaries"; you may need to add "death or dies" to your search.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes full text of over 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Additional topics covered are wire service reports and transcripts of TV and radio broadcasts, national and international news, legal cases, law reviews, company profiles, SEC filings, and people. This database is the successor of LexisNexis Academic.
- Chicago Tribune Historical Content This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the complete paper version of the newspaper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. More recent years of the Chicago Tribune are available through the Chicago Tribune Current Content collection as well as US Newsstream (ProQuest).
Dates Covered: 1849-2010. - New York Times Historical Content This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the complete paper version of the newspaper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format going back to 1851.
Dates Covered: 1851-2017.
