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Jazz History and Performance

Finding Newspaper Articles

Rites of Spring article in 1913 New York TimesNewspapers can be an excellent source for reviews and other commentary on both current and historical performers and performances. It often takes a little effort, though, to find the right source for the newspaper(s) you're looking for.

The full texts of articles from major newspapers such as The New York Times are often available in online sources for those specific papers.

In most cases, however, you will wind up using any of several different databases, such as America's Newspapers or Lexis Nexis, that gather hundreds of newspapers into one searchable collection.

The main Library website has a set of pages about and links to our individual and collective newspaper databases.

Subjects: Music