Provides easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the Louisville Courier Journal from 1830 to 2000.
As of June 2025, Murray State students, faculty and staff can use their network credentials to access their free New York Times subscription, instead of registering for an account as in the past. Instructions follow for new and existing users.
New users: From a web browser, go to nytimes.com, click Login, scroll down and click Continue with work or school single sign-on at the bottom of the login page. Note: Activation via mobile apps is not yet supported.
Existing users: Login to your nytimes.com account via your current login method (eg. email/password or social login method). Then go to Account > Account settings > click "Manage" next to Connected Accounts / Work or School.
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Existing NYT program subscribers can continue to visit nytimes.com until their academic passes expire after 4 years, after which they must visit nytimes.com, click Login, and immediately scroll down and click “Continue with work or school single sign-on” at the bottom of the login page (as shown above in the New User section).
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(Old instructions for reference) The New York Times Archive searches the contents of the New York Times from 1851 to present. Full text is provided to Murray State users. Murray State users must create an account to authenticate access, AND MUST BE ON CAMPUS FOR REGISTRATION. Following registration, access is available off-campus. Visit https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/ippass to create a free account. If you are unable able to come to campus to create your account, please contact Cris Ferguson .
Provides easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 2011.
Chronicling America
Chronicling America is a project by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) to provide an Internet-based searchable database of historical U.S. newspapers. This includes a main page hosted by the Library of Congress and state repositories which receive funding from NDNP. Existing repositories from nearby states are also listed below. Try searching google for "[State Name] newspaper repository" to find additional repositories.
