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America's News Database Guide - Overview and Tips

America's News includes immediate access to articles from over 4000 U.S. newspapers.

Full text:

All of the items are available immediately in full-text. The output format for most articles, especially from recent issues, is an image-only PDF.  

  • Plain text articles may be very limited.
  • Image-only PDF may need to be OCRed (e.g., using Adobe Acrobat full program) to turn into files with copyable text.

Search Tips

  • On a search results screen, you can limit by:
    • Date
    • Publication
    • Location 
      • After choosing a U.S. state, you also have the option of choosing a specific city.
  • Advanced search:
    • Join different terms / phrases with Boolean operators.

Source types include:

U.S. newspaper articles and full page images.

Dates covered: 

Varies by publication; often the 1980's to the present.

Listed in OneSearch: 

OneSearch Books & More / Everything / Beyond Scopes

Example Records:

Citing / Emailing / Saving:

Citing an item from this collection:

  • When viewing an article or an image, use the cite  [ "c ] button to generate a citation.
  • Under Copy Citation Information, choose your desired style.
    • APA, MLA, etc.
  • Citation tips:
    • When you create a citation from an Image file, the citation will likely be missing the article title and author. You may need to add the author and/or article title yourself.
    • In most styles, do not include the URL, as the link generated in Newbank's citation generator is overly long and unique to Stan State's subscription to Newsbank, and these articles are available elsewhere.  Be sure to include page numbers. so others can access the material.
    • Always check with your instructor regarding their preferences.

Saving:

Newsbank download icon

When viewing an article or image, choose the download option from the top menu.

Download the file in PDF (with the option of including a pre-generated citation).

Email an item:

Newsbank email icon

  • When viewing  text article or image, choose the email (envelope) icon.
  • For text articles, the full-text will be sent via email.
  • For images, a link to the image on the Newsbank website will be sent.
    • Note: This link will only work on the CSU Stanislaus campus.  To send an image via email, download it as a PDF, and attach the PDF to your own email.

Personal account.

You can create your own, personal Newsbank account by using the options:

  • Session Folder (top menu)
  • Create a personal folder
  • Create New Account

In your personal account, you can:

  • Save articles in your own personal folder, and access them if you login again at a later date.
  • Save searches to be re-run and accessed.
  • Create search alerts (when new records meeting your criteria appear in the database).

Electronic Resource Information

Platform: Newsbank

Electronic Resource Type: Aggregator.

Subscription source: CSU Stanislaus Library Subscription

Individual Titles Searchable in OneSearch: Bookes & Media: Modesto Bee | San Francisco Chronicle

OneSearch source: IZ portfolios (newspaper titles)

Date Coverage: 1980's - present (most sources)

Number of Records: 300 million

Record Types:  Newspaper articles

Library Database URL: https://library.csustan.edu/americasnews

Library PURL: http://libpurl.csustan.edu/s/purl.php?2540

Vendor/publisher guide: America's News (Newsbank)

Title Lists: America's News 2025 edition title list

 

 

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