Q. How do you get a newspaper article from the past? Can I get it on the library website or do I have to go to the library?

The Library has several online historic newspaper collections:

• Early American Newspapers 1755-1922.
• New York Times (Historical) 1851-3 years ago.
• Times of London Digital Archive 1785-1985
• Washington Post Archive (1877-1994)

If you are looking for more recent history, you can try these library databases:

• LexisNexis Academic from about 1980-present
• Wall Street Journal  from about 1980-present
• Newsday 1985-present
• Ethnic NewsWatch 1990-present

We also have many historic newspapers available in microforms.  You can search for these by the title of a newspaper in the Library Catalog (STARS).  For example: New York Herald, Chicago Tribune, etc.