Current newspapers are located in the Current Periodicals Room on the first floor of the library. Except where noted only current issues of newspapers are available. Issues located in storage may be requested at the Reference Desk.  Back issues on microfilm, as well as readers and printers, are located in Government Publications and Special Resources in the basement.

United States Dailies

Atlanta Journal Constitution. AN 2 .A76 A84. Current 2 months; 1 month in storage.

Austin American-Statesman. AN 2 .A8 A9 Current 2 months; 1 month in storage.

Boston Globe. AN 2 .B6 B615. Current 2 months.

Chicago Tribune. AN 2 .C4 C4. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile 1984- .

Christian Science Monitor. AN 2 .B6 C4. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile 1950- .

Dallas Morning News. AN 2 .D25 D25. Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.

Houston Chronicle. AN 2 .H8 C5. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile 1901- .

Los Angeles Times. AN 2 .L4 L6. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile 1984- .

New York Times. AN 2 .N4 N4. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Book Review section is removed and shelved in the Current Periodicals Room (Z 1035 .A1 N45). Backfile 1851- .

San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Sunday Examiner Chronicle. AN 2 .S39 S3. Current 2 months; 1 month in storage.

Times-Picayune (Sunday only). AN 2 .N35 T5. Current 2 months.

USA today AN 2 .A68 U8. Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.

Wall Street Journal. AN 2 .N4 W4. (2nd copy in BIC) Central edition. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile Eastern edition. (Microfilm call number HG 1.W2). 1889- .

Washington Post. AN 2 .W3 W3. Current 2 months; previous issues held in storage until microfilm is received. Backfile 1960- .

Washington Times. AN 2 .W3 W35. Current 2 months only.

 

American Weeklies

Houston Defender. AN 2 .H8 D5. Weekly. Current 4 months.

Houston Forward Times. AN 2 .H8 F6. Weekly. Current 4 months.

Texas Observer. AN 2 .A8 T4. Bi-weekly. Current issues held until microfilm is received.

Village Voice. AN 2 .N4V5. Current 2 months; previous issues held until microfilm is received. Backfile 1977-

 

Foreign Newspapers

Arab News. AN 3 .A72. Daily. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Current 2 months.

Asahi Shimbun. AN 61 .A82. Daily. Tokyo, Japan. Current month.

China Daily (North American Ed.). AN 10 .C54. Daily, except Sundays. New York, New York. Current month; 1 month storage.

Daily Telegraph. AN 3 .D35. Daily. London, U.K. Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.

Dong-A Ilbo. AN 65 .D66. Daily. Seoul, South Korea. Current 2 months.

Estado de Sao Paulo. AN 68 .E78. Daily. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Current month. Microfilm backfile, 1875- August 31, 1956.

Excelsior. AN 80 .E9. Daily. Mexico City, Mexico. Sunday Edition only; Current month; 2 months storage.

L'Express. AN 20 .P2 E9. Weekly. Paris, France. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1953-

Folha do Sao Paulo. AN 68 .F65. Daily. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Current month.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Fur Deutschland. AN 30 .F69. Daily. Frankfurt, Germany. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1949-

Globe and Mail. AN 3 .G5. Daily. Toronto, Canada. Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.

Guardian. AN 3 .G8. Frequency varies. Manchester, U.K. Microfilm only. Backfile 1953-

al-Hayah. AN 9 .H4. Daily. Beirut, Lebanon. Current 2 months.

L'Humanite. AN 2 .P2H8. Daily. (Central organ of French Communist Party). Paris, France. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1904- (not published during WWII)

Independent. (London) AN 3 .I52. Daily. Current 2 months; 1 month in storage.

        International Herald Tribune. AN 3 .I57.  Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.      

Iran Times. AN 2 .W3 I7. Weekly. Tehran, Iran. Current 2 months.

Itogi. AP 50 .I92. Weekly. Moscow, Russia. Current 12 months.

Jerusalem Post. AN 4 .J4. Weekly. International edition. Israel. Current month; 2 months storage.

Jornal do Brazil. AN 68 .J68. Daily. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Current month.

Literaturnaia Rossiia. AN 70 .L55. Weekly. Moscow, Russia. Current month; 2 months in storage.

Manchester Guardian Weekly. AN 4 .M3. Manchester, U.K. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1953-

Le Monde. AN 20 .P2 M6. Daily. Paris, France. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1944-

Moskovskie Novosti/Moscow News. AN 70 .M67. Weekly. Moscow, Russia. Current month; 2 months storage.

Nezavisimaia gazeta. AN 70 .I52. Three times a week. Moscow, Russia. Current mont; 1 month storage. Backfile 1991-2001.

Neue Zurcher Zeitung und Schweizerisches. AN 32 .N41. Daily. Zurich, Switzerland. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1952-

Neues Deutschland. AN 30 .N4. Daily. Berlin, Germany. Current 2 months. Backfile 1946-

Novaia gazeta ponedelnik. AN 70 .N68. Weekly. Moscow, Russia. Current issues held until microfilm arrives. Backfile 1996-

Novoe Russkoe Slovo/New Russian Work. AN 2 .N4 N68. Daily. New York, NY. Current 2 months.

The Observer. AN 4 .L803. Weekly. London, U.K. Current 2 months; 2 months in storage.

El Pais. AN 80 .P3. Daily. Madrid, Spain. Current month.

Das Parlament: Die woche im Bundenhaus. AN 30 .P3. Weekly. Bonn, Germany. Secial weekly supplement is bound and retained. Bound backfile, 1961-

Prague Post. AN 67 .P72. Weekly. Prague, Czechoslovakia. Current month; 2 months in storage.

Der Spiegel. AP 30 .S7. Weekly. Hamburg, Germany. Current issues retained until microfilm is received. See online catalog for details of bound and microfilm backfile.

Süddeutsche Zeitung. AN 30 .S8. Daily. Munich, Germany. Current month; 1 month in storage.

Sunday Times. AN 4 .L8 S8. Weekly. London, U.K. Current 2 months; previous issues held until microfilm is received. Backfile, 1822-

The Times. AN 3 .T5. Daily air mail edition. London, U.K. Current issues held until microfilm is received. Backfile 1785- . TLS, theTimes Literrary Supplement. AP 4 .T45. Weekly. Current issues shelved in Periodicals Room until microfilm is received.  Times Higher Education Supplement. AN 3 .T52.  Current 2 months.

The Times of India. AN 3 .T55. Daily (Receive Sunday air mail edition only). Bombay, India. Current 3 months; 2 months in storage.

Vema. AN 40 .V45. Daily. Athens, Greece. Current 6 months.

Warsaw Voice. AN 67 .W37. Weekly. Altoona, Pennsylvania. Current month; 2 months in storage.

Die Zeit. AN 30 .Z4. Weekly. Hamburg, Germany. Current 2 months; 2 month storage. Microfilm backfile (AN 30 .Z42), 1960-

 

Selective List of Historical Newspapers

(see the Fondren Library Catalog for others not listed).

Augusta Chronicle. Microfilm AN2. A78 A9. Augusta, Georgia. Holdings: Nov. 29, 1794-Nov. 28, 1832.

Baltimore American. Microfilm AN2.B25 B3. Baltimore, Maryland. Holdings: 1799-1804 (incomplete); 1805-1820.

Boston Evening Post. Microprint AN2. B6 N56. Boston, Massachusetts. Holdings: Aug. 18, 1735-April 24, 1775.

Boston Gazette. Microprint AN2.B6 C6. Boston, Mass. Holdings: 1719-1798.

Boston News Letter. Microprint AN2.B6 B62. Boston, Massachusetts. Holdings: 1784-1820.

Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser. Microprint AN2. B6 C67. Boston, Massachusetts. Holdings: 1776-1820.

Columbian Centinel. Microprint AN2. B6 C6. Boston, Mass. Holdings: 1784-1820.

Houston Post. Microfilm AN2.H8 P6. Houston, Texas. Holdings: February, 1881- April 18, 1995.

Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot. Microprint AN2. B6 B45. Boston, Massachusetts. Holdings: Dec. 1767-June 25, 1770.

Kennebec Journal. Microfilm AN2.A79 K4. Kennebec, Maine. Holdings: May 2, 1856-December 9, 1869.

Massachusetts Spy. Microprint AN2.B6 M35. Boston, Massachusetts. Holdings: 1770-1775.

New York Tribune. Microfilm AN2.N4 N41. New York, NY, Holdings: 1841-1872. Index: 1875-1906.

New York Post. Microfilm AN2.N4 N43. New York, NY. Holdings: 1801-1820.

Pittsburg Courier. Microfiln AN2. P55 P5. (Black weekly); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Holdings: 1912, 1923-1970.

Pravda. Microfilm AN70.P7. Daily. Moscow, Russia. Holdings: 1961- December, 1999.

South Carolina Newspapers, 1732-1782. Microfilm AN2.C3 S6. (Charleston Library Society).

Die Welt. Microfilm AN30. W45. Hamburg, Germany. Holdings: 1953-March 1999.

Wiener Zeitung. Microfilm AN30.W519. Vienna, Austria. Holdings: October 1962-December 1998.

Special Collections

Texas Newspapers: Anniversary and Historical Editions. Dallas: Dallas microfilm service, 1961-. Microfilm AN2.A1 T42.

Underground Newspaper Collection 1963-1969. Bell & Howell. 26 reels. AN2.A1 B4. See: Special Index to the collection at Doc Ref. AN2.A1 B4. (This is a large collection of 1960s radical, minority and underground newspapers).

 

 

University

Rice Thresher. (1916-) Rice University, Houston, Texas. Weekly. Current issues in periodicals room. Backfile on microfilm AN2.R3 T4. Bound issues in stacks.

Rice News. (1991-) Rice University, Houston, Texas. Weekly. Current issues in periodicals room. Bound backfile in stacks and in Special Collections. LD4711.R3k R513.