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Newspapers

The library holds numerous local, national and international daily and weekly newspapers. Most of them are displayed in the Reference Department (Area B), while some are kept in the departmental libraries Linguistics and Literary Studies (C1 and D1), Sociology (U0) and in the ZiF Library.

Many online newspaper archives can be searched in the database Lexis Nexis Wirtschaft The articles are available in full-text versions. (Sources: German press resp. German-language and English-language press). In order to find out whether a particular paper is searchable, start Lexis Nexis and click "Quellenverzeichnis", then "Quellensuche" and enter the title of the paper into the search form. If the paper is available, you may select it, copy it as source in your search and start browsing.

Part of the back issues (until 2008) are available as microfilm versions and are ready for reading and copying in the Reference Department.

The library holds subscriptions of the following newspapers:

Title Location (Subject library) / Online acccess
Corriere della Sera Current Issues: B1
Online archive 1992 onwards (free access)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Current Issues: B1
Online archive 1996 onwards (access from campus only)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Aktuelle Ausgabe: B1, D1, U0, ZiF
Issues on microfilm: 1949 - 2008
Online archive 1993 onwards (access from campus only)
Guardian Weekly Current Issues: ZiF
Online via Lexis Nexis 1981 onwards (access from campus only)
Handelsblatt Current Issues: B1, U0
Issues on microfilm: 1967 - 2008
The Independent Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis 1988 onwards (access from campus only)
International Herald Tribune Current Issues: B1, ZiF
Online via Lexis Nexis 1991 onwards (access from campus only)
Le Monde Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis 1987 onwards (access from campus only)
Le Monde diplomatique Current Issues: B1
Online archive 2007 onwards (free access)
Neue Westfälische Current Issues: B1, ZiF
Neue Zürcher Zeitung Current Issues: B1, D1, U0, ZiF
Issues on microfilm: 1977 - 2008
Online via Lexis Nexis 1988 onwards (access from campus only)
The Observer Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis 1993 onwards (access from campus only)
Süddeutsche Zeitung Current Issues: B1, D1, U0, ZiF
Issues on microfilm: 1977 - 2008;
Online archive 1992 onwards (access from campus only)
Der Tagesspiegel Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis August 2007 onwards (access from campus only)
Die Tageszeitung Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis 1994 onwards (access from campus only)
The Times (London) Current Issues: B1
Online archive 1785 - 1900 onwards (access from Germany); Online via Lexis Nexis July 1985 onwards (access from campus only)
Times Higher Education Supplement Current Issues: C1
Online via Lexis Nexis from October 1994 - December 1998 and September 2000 onwards (access from campus only)
The Wall Street Journal Europe Current Issues: B1
Online via Lexis Nexis October 1985 onwards (access from campus only)
Die Welt Current Issues: B1, U0
Issues on microfilm: 1976 - 2008
Online archive 1995 onwards (free access)
Westfalenblatt Current Issues: B1, ZiF
Die Zeit Current Issues: B1, D1, U0, ZiF
Issues on microfilm: 1977 - 2008
Online archive 1946 onwards (free access)