Newspaper Collections at the John C. Pace Library

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Numerous newspapers are purchased in print form on a daily basis. These “hard copies” are available on the library’s 2nd floor. Full text reproductions or facsimiles of newspapers articles are available in two additional formats, as online databases and as microfilm. They can be current or found in an archive of historic materials.

Newspapers can be searched by title in the library’s catalog and by title in the databases. A list of the library’s newspaper holdings can be retrieved by using Advanced Catalog Search and selecting newspapers in the Format option. This list is not exhaustive however, since this list does not retrieve all newspaper formats.

Online Databases

Databases can be accessed from the library's homepage (http://library.uwf.edu) by clicking on Journal Articles and Online Databases and by locating the database alphabetically by title or by subject.

Pensacola News Journal: Selected content is available free online. This is a free website and not an official UWF database.
New York Times (Proquest) 1999-present and New York Times Archive (Proquest) 1851-2002
LexisNexis Academic (Lexis-Nexis)
ProQuest NewsStand. (Proquest)
Many additional databases cover newspapers. However, ProQuest NewsStand is devoted solely to newspapers, and LexisNexis Academic includes a section that is devoted solely to newspapers.

Microfilm

New York Times (1887-2005), Microfilm 91, 2nd floor.: A print index must be used to identify relevant articles. See Indexes below.
Times (of London) (1788-present), Microfilm #505, 2nd floor.: A print index must be used to identify relevant articles. See Indexes below.
Pensacola News Journal (1985-present), print and microfilm formats are available on the library’s 2nd floor.: Daily hard copy issues are retained until replaced by Microfilm #89. Issues older than one month are shelved in the Serials Department until microfilm is received. Formed by union of Pensacola News and Pensacola Journal.
Pensacola News (1955-1985). Microfilm #89, 2nd floor.: Merged with Pensacola Journal to form Pensacola News Journal.
Pensacola Journal (1905-1985). Microfilm #89, 2nd floor.: Merged with Pensacola News to form Pensacola News Journal.
Other local newspapers are also available. See Local Newspapers below.

Indexes

An index provides information about an item, such as author, title, place, source, subject, and date of publication, etc. Once an item is located in the index using author, title, etc., it can then be located in the microfilm format. Search Tip: if an index is not available for a newspaper, date can be used to locate items.

New York Times Index. (Ref. AI 21 .N45). 1913-2005, print format, is available in the library’s reference collection on the 1st floor.
Times (of London) Index. (Ref. AI 21 .T46). 1973-present, print format, is available in the library’s reference collection on the 1st floor.

Local Newspapers

Many West Florida newspapers (1821-present) are available in the library’s Special Collections department. Some newspapers may be located through the library catalog, and some may be in the microfilm collection on the 2nd floor. But many newspapers are only available in physical form. Users should contact Special Collections for guidance as to what papers exist for the time period they are researching and where in the library to locate them.

By Doug Low, Social Sciences Reference Librarian
and Melissa Gonzalez, History Reference Librarian
Created January 2007
University of West Florida Libraries