Subject Guides: News and Newspapers: Local News

USA - IA from Access World News

USA-Iowa from Access World News
Mostly contemporary coverage from 75 Iowa news sources

Local papers with online access through Proquest

Historical Iowa Newspapers

Newspapers.com Library Edition-Iowa newspapers
Historical newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the early 2000s (not current). Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of around 150 Iowa newspapers

Historical Iowa City Newspapers
This archive covers newspapers in the Iowa City area from 1840 to 1929, made accessible through the Iowa City Public Library.

Local Television Stations

Iowa Public Radio

WSUI AM 910

Local Newspapers

Links to commercial websites for local newspapers. Where available, UI online/print access is noted.

Cedar Rapids Gazette
Electronic Access:
Access World News, 1992-
Factiva, 2003- (selected full-text available)

Media Services holdings: Main Media Services Film 29051
1979- (print copies retained until microfilm received)
Daily Iowan
Electronic Access:
Iowa Digital Library, 1868-
LexisNexis Academic, 1998-

Media Services Holdings: Main Media Services Film 25745
1902- (print copies retained until microfilm received)
Des Moines Register
Electonic Access:
Proquest, 1999-
Proquest Digital Microfilm, 2009-

Media Services Holdings: Main Media Services Film 30807
1871- (print copies retained until microfilm received)

*UNI Rod Library's Des Moines Register Index, 1965-1976 (online)
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Electronic Access:
Proquest, 1999-

Media Services holdings: Main Media Services Film
1949-1956,1965- (print copies retained until microfilm received)

Daily Iowan Historic Newspapers

Daily Iowan Historic Newspapers
Dating back to 1868 the Daily Iowan Newspaper Collection provides access to digitized versions of The Daily Iowan and its predecessors: the University Reporter (1868-81), the Vidette (1879-81), the Vidette-Reporter (1881-1901) and the University Mirror (1881). The newspaper editions are full text searchable. Though not yet comprehensive, issues will continue to be added up to 2006.

Little Village Magazine Digital Archive

Little Village: Iowa City's News & Culture Magazine
This is a digital archives of Little Village magazine, a free alternative publication covering culture in Iowa City, Iowa, and includes back issues dating from July 2001 when the magazine was founded.

Local Newspaper Index

The Local News Index, produced by the Iowa City Public Library, provides indexing for local information in newspapers and magazines, codes for which appear in the Paper column. Note the Paper, Date and Page number from your search results for looking up the full text of the articles on microfilm. Codes are:

*PC=Press Citizen (1968-Present, except 1973 and 1995)
*DI=Daily Iowan (1986-Present)
LV=Little Village (2001-Present)
IC=Icon (1993-2000)
*GA=Iowa City Gazette (1999-2000)
*IM=Iowa City Magazine (1993-1996)
CR=Cedar Rapids Gazette Neighbors Section (1986-1998)

*Holdings available at University of Iowa Libraries

The University of Iowa Libraries

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