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North Carolina for
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Local Newspapers

NC Black Press

NC Newsapers
NC Magazines
NC Radio and TV
 Other Links

  North Carolina Newspapers and Magazines on the Web

Local Newspapers

The Daily Tar Heel (UNC-CH)

  • The Daily Tar Heel (DTH) has a published index available in the JoMC Library. Coverage dates from 1970 to the present. Bound copies of the campus newspaper are located in the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library.
  • The DTH has a web site. The URL is: http://www.dailytarheel.com/
  • Archives are also available from fall 1994 to the present through the web site.
The Chapel Hill News http://www.chapelhillnews.com/
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) http://www.newsobserver.com [Note: The N&O is no longer available on Nexis.]
  • August 1, 1990–1999 (current three months delayed) on CD-ROM in the Undergrad Library On line Reference Department, 1st floor. Full-text articles. Searchable by name, subject, date and more. Print or download to disk.
  • August 1, 1990 to the present at:  http://archives.newsbank.com/newsobserver . Searching and citations are free, although there is a charge to retrieve full-text articles. Includes the Chapel Hill News from January 2000.
  • July 1990 to the present: Dow Jones Interactive at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu  Select "D" for Dow Jones Interactive. From the menu, select "Library," then locate the pop-up box (next to "Change Publications"), click on it and select "North Carolina News." Finally, click on "US: North Carolina" and select "The News & Observer" among nine other NC newspapers [Asheville Citizen-Times, Business Journal (Charlotte), Business Leader (Raleigh), Fayetteville Observer-Times, Greensboro News & Record, Morning Star (Wilmington), Winston-Salem Journal.]  
  • March 1994-March 2000 (partial indexing) The News & Observer Index via Proquest http://eresources.lib.unc.edu Select "R" for Raleigh News & Observer Index 
The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) and The Chapel Hill Herald http://www.herald-sun.com  
  • 1995 to the present at http://www.herald-sun.com/archives/.
  • 1995 to the present via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu Select "L" for Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, then select "Sources" from top of the screen. Next, click on the "H" for Herald-Sun. Scroll down until you locate "Herald-Sun, The" and click on "Search this Title."  On the next screen, click on "Sources" and select "Herald-Sun, paste this title." Now you are ready to search the Herald-Sun. 
  • January 1982–February 1990 in the Herald-Sun Newspaper Index. Citations only. Searchable by subject and name thesaurus. Citations offer headline, date, newspaper, and codes for type of article, graphics and bylines. To obtain full-text of the desired articles, students must go to Davis Library's Microforms Department and request the Herald-Sun microfilm. Prints of microfilmed articles may be made for a small fee. 
  • September 1, 1994 –the present in NEXIS. Library: news; File: hldsun. Search on key words or phrases and in segments such as headline, lead graph, byline and subject. NEXIS terminal is in library. Students must download to disk or copy and paste retrieved articles into a MSWord document in order to print. The automatic print command is not operational. .

North Carolina Newspapers

Charlotte, NC, The Charlotte Observer http://www.charlotte.com/observer

Fayetteville, NC, The Fayetteville (NC) Observer-Times: http://www.fayettevillenc.com/
  • The Fayetteville (NC) Observer-Times archive: http://www.fayettevillenc.com/search/ . Contains articles since 2000. Pre-2000 archives are being updated.
  • 1992-1997: Full-text archives online via Dow Jones Interactive at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu  Select "D" for Dow Jones Interactive. From the menu, select "Library," then locate the pop-up box (next to "Change Publications"), click on it and select "North Carolina News." Finally, click on "US: North Carolina" and select "Fayetteville Observer-Times" among nine other NC newspapers [Asheville Citizen-Times, Business Journal (Charlotte), Business Leader (Raleigh), Greensboro News & Record, Morning Star (Wilmington), The News & Observer (Raleigh), Winston-Salem Journal.]  
Greensboro, NC, News and Record http://www.news-record.com/
  • The News and Record Archives: http://www.news-record.com/news/archives/main.shtml. Searching the archives is free. To download full text, there is a $1.95 charge per article.
  • Full-text archives online via Dow Jones Interactive at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu  Select "D" for Dow Jones Interactive. From the menu, select "Library," then locate the pop-up box (next to "Change Publications"), click on it and select "North Carolina News." Finally, click on "US: North Carolina" and select "Greensboro News & Record" among nine other NC newspapers [Asheville Citizen-Times, Business Journal (Charlotte), Business Leader (Raleigh), Fayetteville Observer-Times, Greensboro News & Record, Morning Star (Wilmington), The News & Observer (Raleigh), Winston-Salem Journal.]  
High Point, NC, High Point Enterprise http://www.hpe.com
  • High Point Enterprise archives: http://www.hpe.com/archives.html Select date to see that day's stories. Access is free.
  • The Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/
  • The Independent Weekly Archives: http://www.indyweek.com/durham/search/index.html
  • Salisbury, NC, Salisbury Post http://salisburypost.townnews.com/
    Triad Business News http://www.triadbusiness.com/
  • Archives searchable from the home page back to 1995.
  • The (Triangle) Business Journal http://triangle.bcentral.com/triangle/index.html
  • Archives searchable from the home page.
  • Wilmington, NC, Morning Star http://www.WilmingtonStar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
    • Archive includes the local and regional contents of the Morning Star and Sunday Star-News are available for the past month.
    • Full-text archives online via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu Select "L" for Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, then select "Sources" from top of the screen. Next, click on the "W" for Herald-Sun. Scroll down until you locate "Wilmington Star-News, The" and click on "Search this Title."  On the next screen, click on "Sources" and select "Wilmington Star-News, paste in title."
    Winston-Salem, NC, Winston-Salem Journal http://www.journalnow.com/
    • All locally-written articles published since November 1997 are available at the Winston-Salem Journal's paid archives, ArchivesNC. http://www.archivesnc.com/
    • 1991-1998 full-text archives online via Proquest: http://eresources.lib.unc.edu Select the "News" category, then scroll down until you reach "Winston-Salem Journal."
    • Full-text archives online via Dow Jones Interactive at http://eresources.lib.unc.edu  Select "D" for Dow Jones Interactive. From the menu, select "Library," then locate the pop-up box (next to "Change Publications"), click on it and select "North Carolina News." Finally, click on "US: North Carolina" and select "Winston-Salem Journal" among nine other NC newspapers [Asheville Citizen-Times, Business Journal (Charlotte), Business Leader (Raleigh), Fayetteville Observer-Times, Greensboro News & Record, Morning Star (Wilmington), and The News & Observer (Raleigh).]  

    North Carolina Magazines on the Web
    Carolina Scene/Magazine:  the people, the places and the events of the Carolinas!
               httpwww.carolinascene.com

    Entertainment, Sports and Previews (ESP)—weekly magazine
              http:/www.espmagazine.com/

    NCNatural, North Carolina Living ‘Zine
               http://www.ncnatural.com/ncnatural-home.html


    North Carolina Television and Radio Stations on the Web

      Television

    ABC-TV
    Asheville: WLOS http://www.wlos13.com/
    Charlotte: WSOC http://www.gocarolinas.com/partners/wsoctv/
    Durham: WTVD http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/
    New Bern: WCTI http://www.wcti12.com/
    Winston-Salem/High Point/ http://www.abc45.com/

    CBS-TV
    Charlotte: WBTV3 http://www.wbtv.com
    Greensboro: WFMY http://www.wfmy2.com
    Greenville WNCT http://www.wnct.com
    Raleigh: WRAL http://www.wral-tv.com/

    Fox-TV
    Charlotte: WCCB http://www.fox18wccb.com
    Greensboro: WGHP Fox8 http://www.fox8wghp.com/
    Raleigh: WRAZ Fox50 http://www.fox50.com

    NBC-TV
    Charlotte: WCNC-TV http://www.nbc6.com
    Raleigh: WNCN-TV http://www.nbc17.com
    Wilmington: WECT http://www.wect.com
    Winston-Salem: WXII http://www.wxii.com

    PBS
    UNC-TV http://www.unctv.org/

    RADIO

    North Carolina News Network http://www.ncnn.com/

    News Archive includes the current and previous days’ audio clips
    WUNC-FM http://www.wunc.org
    Listen Magazine Archive: http://www.herald-sun.com/listen/magz/archive.html

    November/December 1994 to the present. Access is free.


    Academic Universe and Other Links to NC Media

    Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)—UNC-CH Campus

    North Carolina Newsstand
    Provides full-text coverage of the Greensboro News & Record, Wilmington Morning Star and The (Raleigh) News & Observer, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.
    Other links to NC Media:
    News Directory.com
    Daily http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/nc/

    Non-daily http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/nondaily/nc/

    TV Stations http://www.newsdirectory.com/tv/nc/

    Magazines http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/magazine/na/us/nc/

    College Newspapers http://www.newsdirectory.com/college/press/nc/

    Local Publications and News Outlets
               http://www.unc.edu/campus/ch.html
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