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South Asian Newspapers

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Database available to authorized IU Bloomington users (on or off campus) Database available to authorized IU Bloomington users (on or off campus)
Vendor:
Newsbank
Producer:
Readex
Coverage:
1964-1922


Fully searchable historical newspapers from South Asia which are part of the World Newspaper Archive in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries, a leader in providing access to newspapers.

"South Asian Newspapers features titles published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Languages include English, Bengali, Gujarati, and others. Titles include such key publications as: Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta), Bankura Darpana (Bankura, India), Madras Mail (Madras), Tribune (Lahore, Pakistan) and the Ceylon Observer (Sri Lanka) ... The collection will provide more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia between 1864 and 1922.... (OCLC)

Number of Users:
Unlimited
Interlibrary Loan:
Not Permitted
Resource Advocate:
Frank-Wilson, Marion
SFX Source:
No
Federated Search:
No

IUB Library Subjects:
  • India Studies
  • History

Library of Congress Subjects:

South Asian newspapers -- Databases.
Geographic: South Asia -- Newspapers. South Asia -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
South Asia -- Politics and government -- Sources.