TCOM 354 Communication History
Locating Periodicals & Newspapers for the Birthday Paper
Primary Sources Online
- Chicago Defender (1905-1975)
- New York Times (1851-2004)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1985)
- Times (of London ) (1785-1985)
- Time Magazine Archive (1923-present)
- Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
- American Periodical Series Online
American Periodical Series Online includes full-page images of more than 1,000 American magazines published from 1740-1900
Primary Sources on Microfilm
Newspapers
Below is a selected list of newspaper titles that may be requested from Seattle
- Chicago Tribune (10/25/1860 – present)
- Christian Science Monitor (12/1908 – present)
- News Tribune (Tacoma) (1918 – present)
- San Francisco Chronicle (1869– present)
- Seattle Post Intelligencer (1888 – 2009) (incomplete)
- Seattle Times (1895 – present)
- Spokesman Review (1877-1954)
- Washington Post (1877- present)
Periodicals
Below is a select list of periodicals that are available for delivery from Seattle to UW Tacoma Library
- Ladies Home Journal (1889-1959) (incomplete)
- Life (1891 - 2000) (Be sure to check for title changes)
- The Nation (1936 – present)
Requesting Copies of Print Periodicals from Seattle
- Use the Request/Place Hold link in the UW Libraries Catalog to request the particular volumes or issues that you want.
- You will need to do a separate request for each date you order.
- Not all periodicals are “requestable;” some may be used only in the library in Seattle.
Requesting Newspapers & Periodicals on Microfilm
Fill out an Interlibrary Loan “Request a Newspaper” order form for EACH date.
a. Go to the Interlibrary Loan page
b. Click on link for “Current UW & Cascadia Students, Faculty & Staff”
c. Log in with your UWNet ID
d. Create an account if you are a first-time user. If you have an account, click on the button for “Request a Newspaper”
Viewing Microfilm at UW Tacoma Library
1) Most of the microfilm you order will be “Library Use Only” – you will not be able to take it out of the UWT Library
2) The film will be checked out to you for two weeks
3) The UWT Library has 2 digital microfilm readers which are connected to our printers. Printing costs $.12 page and requires a copy card
4) If you are new to the microfilm readers, please allow extra time your first visit for reference staff to assist you.
Finding Resources for the Research Paper
Secondary sources are a good starting place to explore broad topic areas. Databases such as America: History and Life and Communication and Mass Media Complete will give you more access to scholarly information in those specific subject areas.
- UW Libraries Catalog
- Expanded Academic ASAP (
UW restricted)
Scholarly and general interest sources in humanities, social sciences, science and technology.
- Academic Search Complete (
UW restricted)
Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology
- America: History and Life (
UW restricted)
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide
- Communication and Mass Media Complete (
UW restricted)
Trade magazine and scholarly journal articles
More Primary Resources
- UW Libraries Catalog
Searching for a subject combined with words such as sources, letters, diaries, personal narratives, and correspondence for primary sources
- African American Newspapers (
UW restricted)
Full-text (not facsimile) of 7 19th century newspapers
- Early American Newspapers (
UW restricted)
Facsimile editions of approximately 260 newspapers, 1750-1900
- Readers Guide Retrospective (
UW restricted)
This database contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1890-1982
- Check out the History Subject page for even more primary resources