Research Tools

Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Access to Wisconsin Newspaper Association's daily and weekly member-newspapers from 2005 to present (with a 60 day embargo).
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Resource provided by Badgerlink.

Explora for Everyone
Easy-to-browse categories, organized by popular topics, provide everyone with a starting point for research.
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Resource provided by Badgerlink.

Gale OneFile News
Search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, and many other fields in more than 2,300 major world newspapers. Includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts!
Paid for by the Menasha Public Library.

Newspaper Source Plus
Includes 1,000+ full-text newspapers, as well as 913,000 television and radio news transcripts.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.

NewspaperARCHIVE
Wisconsin newspaper titles (including Menasha-specific titles) dating back as far as the 1800s, with search results presented in original format/context.
Resource provided by the Winnefox Library System.

Newspapers.com Library Edition - World Collection
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.

Newswires
Near real-time access to world-wide news from the Associated Press provides a 30 day rolling full-text archive.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.

US Newsstream
Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including over 80 Gannett titles.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.

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Winnefox Digital Collections
Digitized newspapers, yearbooks, photos, city directories, family histories, local history books, postcards, and scrapbooks covering local history around the five county (Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago) Winnefox area in Wisconsin.

Chronicling America
Search selected historic American newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.