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This guides lists selected resources to support the keystone seminar, City Life. Please contact a Webster University librarian (see below left) if you have questions or need assistance.

Newspaper databases

New York Times
Full-text coverage from 1980 to present.

New York Times Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
Offers full-page-images and article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years ago. An excellent source for finding old advertisements.
News (Gale OneFile)
InfoTrac Newsstand provides access to full-text newspapers and allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. The database offers a one-stop source for current news and searchable archives.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for many U.S. & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for regional U.S. newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

St. Louis area newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (ProQuest)
Full-text of the newspaper articles from 1996 to present via the ProQuest Central database.

The Riverfront Times
"The Riverfront Times was founded in 1977 as St. Louis's alternative newsweekly. The RFT focuses on the issues that are important to St. Louis's young adults including award-winning journalism, powerful investigative reporting, news and commentary on local politics, and the most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage in the St. Louis area." (from the About Us page 6 Sept 2022)
Saint Louis American
A newspaper that focuses on African American issues and perspectives.

St. Louis Business Journal
Current (and archived) issues of the St Louis Business Journal. Also includes the Book of Lists for each metro area Business Journals covers. To access, select a city then click "Past Digital Editions"