Iowa Resources
- Annals of IowaA quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of history published by the State Historical Society of Iowa containing articles on a wide variety of topics related to Iowa history.
- Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new windowContains coverage of 70 Iowa newspapers. Coverage/dates vary by title, earliest dates back to 1992. Titles include:
*Daily Democrat (Fort Madison, IA) 2000 - Current
*Daily Nonpareil, The (Council Bluffs, IA) 2002 - Current
*Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) 1992-current
*Globe Gazette (Mason City, IA) 1999 - Current
*Muscatine Journal (IA) 2000 - Current
*Quad-City Times, The (IA) 2002 - Current
*Sioux City Journal (IA) 1996 - Current
*Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) 1995 - Current
*Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA) 2001 - Current - Biographical Dictionary of Iowa This link opens in a new windowWritten by a team of more than 150 scholars and writers, The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa was created to spotlight prominent Iowans throughout the history of the region.
- Des Moines Register (Proquest Digital Microfilm) This link opens in a new windowCoverage 2002-current
- Newspapers.com Library Edition-Iowa newspapers This link opens in a new windowHistorical 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
Journals about Iowa history
- Iowa Heritage Illustratedcontinues The Palimpsest
University of Iowa Resources
- Daily Iowan Historic NewspapersDating 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.
- University of Iowa YearbooksPublished from 1892 until 1992 (except for a brief interruption during the 1970s)
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 (1968-2018, except 1973 and 1995)
*DI=Daily Iowan (1986-2019)
LV=Little Village (2001-2018)
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
Other Newspaper Resources
Check out our News and Newspaper Guide for more Iowa news coverage.
Bibliographies - Iowa History
- Iowa history and culture : a bibliography of materials published between 1952 and 1986 byCall Number: Main Library Oversize (FOLIO Z1283 .D38 1984)
- Iowa History Reference Guide byCall Number: Main Library Stacks F616 .I69