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Can't find what you're looking for in our catalog? NDSU students, faculty, staff, and researchers also have access to materials from other libraries.

Tri-College Libraries

• Minnesota State University
• Moorhead Library
• Concordia College Library
• North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS)
• Minnesota State Community & Technical College (M-State)

South Dakota

• South Dakota Library Network
• Central Dakota Library Network

Minnesota

• Minnesota PALS Libraries
• University of Minnesota
• MN Link Gateway
• Lake Agassiz Regional Library/Northwest Regional Library (includes Moorhead Public Library)

North Dakota

• North Dakota ODIN Libraries
• Central Dakota Library Network

Elsewhere

• Library of Congress
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• Links to Libraries in Over 146 Countries
• WorldCat (OCLC)

NDSU only subscribes to a limited number of print newspapers - the most current issues can be found near the Reference Desk in the Main Library: The Fargo Forum, Star Tribune, New York Times, and Le Monde.

NDSU Libraries has a subscription to the New York Times online. Click here for instructions on how to set up an account. 

Below are a wide variety of online sources for news articles including archives of older newspapers that can serve as primary resources when doing research.

Databases for Searching Newspapers

• Access World News (Newsbank)
  Over 11,000 sources and 25+ ND local sources, this resource contains a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers, newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content.
• Google News Search Archive
  News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives.
• Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
  Full text of 300+ American and international news sources.
• Regional Business News
  A database containing the full text of more than 50 regional business newspapers.
• Spectrum Archives, 1896-1961 [Full-text]
  The Spectrum is the student newspaper of North Dakota State University. This database is full-text searchable. Digitization of additional issues is currently in progress.
• Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers
  American historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 and U.S. Newspaper Directory for American newspapers published between 1690-present. Joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Online Newspaper Indexes

• Fargo Forum Newspaper Index, 1879-1995
  Index to selected articles published in the Fargo Forum and its predesessors, mostly pertaining to North Dakota and Western Minnesota. Produced by NDSU Libraries, and the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies.
• Spectrum Index
  Index to The Spectrum, a student newspaper of North Dakota State University for the years 1896 through 1927 and 1938 to present. Produced by the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies and University Archives.
• The Record Index
  An index to the Record, a historical magazine that was published at Fargo, N.D. from 1895 to 1905 by Col. C.A. Lounsberry. Produced by the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies and University Archives.

Directory of Regional Newspapers

• Newspapers Archives State Historical Society of North Dakota
  Directory of North Dakota Newspapers
• North Dakota Newspapers
  Directory of North Dakota Newspapers

Online reference management tool for managing bibliographies, citations and references. Allows for collaborative work. Includes bibliography and reference impact tools. Clarivate Analytics. Requires an email address for registration.

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The documents that NDSU receives pertain directly to our programs and include publications from the USDA, Departments of Defense, Education, and Energy, EPA, FEMA, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Interior, NARA, and the VA in addition to others. Click here to view more information, research guides and tools on Government Information at NDSU.