Newspapers Research Guide

Current issues of print newspapers are located in the newspaper reading area on the second floor north. Older issues of some of the newspapers are in kept in microfilm, also on the second floor north. Search by title in the Library Catalog to locate newspapers we own. Search by call number "newspaper" to see a list of newspaper titles to which we currently subscribe. If you need help locating newspapers, or using the microfilm, ask in the Periodicals office.

Here is a selected list of newspaper titles in the Library, arranged by beginning date of holdings. (For links to online versions of local newspapers, some with fulltext files, see Humboldt County News Online.)

• Alta California (MF 225) 1849 - 1891
  • Alta California (MF 225) 1849 - 1850
  • Daily Alta California (MF 225) 1850 - 1891
• New York Times (MF 12 and Newspaper Collection) 1851 - 2006
  • Historical New York Times 1851 - 2009 (rolling 3 years)
• Humboldt Times/Times Standard (MF 10 and Newspaper Collection) 1854 - to date
  • The Humboldt Times (MF 10) 1854 - 1882
  • The Humboldt Times (MF 10) 1892 - 1967
  • The Times Standard (MF 10) 1967 - present [print access: last calendar month]
• San Francisco Chronicle (MF 214 and Newspaper Collection) January 16, 1865 - 2011
• Ferndale Enterprise (MF 719 and Newspaper Collection) 1878-to date
• Humboldt Weekly Standard (MF 8) 1888-1893 incomplete
• Humboldt Standard (MF 9) 1884 - 1967
  • Humboldt Standard (MF 9) 1884
  • Humboldt Standard (MF 9) 1913 - 1967
• (Arcata) Union (MF 713) 1886 - 1995
  • The Arcata Union (MF 713) 1886 - 1903
  • The Semi-Weekly Arcata Union (MF 713) 1903 - 1905
  • The Arcata Union (MF 713) 1905 - 1972
  • The Union (MF 713) 1972 - 1995
• Blue Lake Advocate (MF 2191) 1889 - 1969 incomplete
• Humboldt Beacon (MF 2187) 1907 - to date
  • The Humboldt Beacon (MF 2187) 1907 - 1938
  • The Humboldt Beacon and Fortuna Advance (MF 2187) 1938 - 1995
  • Humboldt Beacon (MF 2187) 1995 - 2011
• Wall Street Journal (MF 2637 and Newspaper Collection) 1958 - 2012 [online access: 1984-present; print access: last calendar month]
• Los Angeles Times (MF 2105) 1970 - 1997 [online access: 1985-present]
• Sacramento Bee (MF 2082) 1970 - 1983 [online access: 1984-present]