Government Information

The UC Davis Shields Library maintains collections of daily print newspapers from the local region, major California Newspapers, major national newspapers and a small number of foreign newspapers. We retain microfilm archives of many of these newspapers. Via electronic subscriptions, we also have access to the full text, with full-text searching, of hundreds of other newspapers.

• Electronic News Resources
• Newspapers Currently Received:
  • Alphabetic List
  • Geographic List
• Historical Newspapers available in Microform

Notes on Newspaper Indexing

Our electronic full text newspapers are searchable by word or name or phrase. See our Newspaper Subject Guide. Most search screens allow you to limit by date, and to limit searches to full text, title, or first paragraph. Ask at a reference desk for assistance with searching newspapers.

In addition, the library maintains print indexes for selected newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Times of London, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Print indexes are located in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department on the 2nd floor of the Shields Library.

Several unique historical indexes provide indexing for historical California news sources:

California Information File, 1846-1985.

A microfiche copy of a card file in the California State Library, this set indexes the Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Union, and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as other historical newspapers. 550 microfiches.

Microcopy: F861 C34 1986 mfll

San Francisco Chronicle Index, 1950-1980.

Also a copy of a card file created at the California State Library. 277 microfiches.

Microforms: AI21 S25 B42 1986 mf11

San Francisco Newspapers Index, 1904-1959.

699 microfiches.

Microforms: AI21 S25 B4 1986 mf11

California News Index.

v. 1-6, no. 2. July 1970-Oct/Dec 1975.

HSSGIS Reference: AI3 C2