BIOGRAPHICAL
SOURCES
OBITUARIES
ProQuest Historical
Newspapers (full text) (search all titles as one file here;
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Chicago
Tribune (1872-1963)
Los
Angeles Times (1881-1886)
New
York Times (1851-2001)
Wall
Street Journal (1889-current)
Washington
Post (1877-1954)
Washington
Post and Times Herald (1954-1959)
Washington
Post and Times Herald (1959-1973)
From the Advanced
Search screen enter
Obituary [Document
Type] OR
obit* OR death
OR dies [Citation and Abstract] AND
firstname pre/1
lastname [Citation and Abstract]
ProQuest Newspapers
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Chicago
Tribune (1985-)
Christian
Science Monitor (1988-)
Los
Angeles Times (1886- )
New
York Times (1995- )
Washington
Post (1974- )
Historical Newspapers Online
(Chadwyck-Healey) (search all titles as one file or search each file individually)
Palmer’s
Index to the Times (1790-1905)
With links to full-text for the period 1785-1870.
Official
Index to the Times (1906-1980)
Obituaries in the indexes to the Times of London are entered under “Death”
or “Deaths”. Choose both of these terms from the Browse list of the Main Heading
field, then add the decedent’s name in the Keyword field.
Historical
Index to the New York Times (1863-1905,1913-1922)
Factiva
Factiva includes full text content from major
news and business publications from all over the world. Lists of publications
are provided by industry, region, language, title, and type. The subject obituary
has been assigned since Nov.1990 and the subject personal announcements (including
death) since 2000.
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
Nineteenth Century Masterfile
(Pooles) (1802-1906)
The format for the index entry of obituaries is lastname, firstname, [title,
profession, etc.], death of. For articles on the death of Queen Victoria, for
instance, enter “victoria queen death”.
Periodicals
Contents Index. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey.
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