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Austin American Statesman (Historical)
1871 - 1980. Unlimited users.
Provides full text and full image articles with digital reproductions of every page, every article and every issue in PDF format. As the leading newspaper in the capital of Texas, the Historical Austin American Statesman provides researchers with unique insights into the political, economic, cultural, and social life of this important state, as well as the southwest U.S. from the late 19th through the 20th century. The paper has strong central Texas coverage, especially for political reporting.
More recent issues are available in LexisNexis Academic, Factiva and Library PressDisplay.

Austin Business Journal
Business news in Austin. Ask a librarian if you can't access articles.
Austin Chronicle
This is our city's free weekly. It very apparently skews to the left of the political spectrum, but is a valuable resource for local issues.
The Austin Villager
weekly Austin newspaper for the Black community.
Community Impact
This paper comes to many homes for free and has a surprising amount of coverage and data for local issues. Choose your location for very specific content. Covers Austin, Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth metro areas.
Daily Texan
University of Texas at Austin Campus community newspaper.
Google Custom Search: Austin Local Information
News, statistics, law/crime, and more
Texas Observer
Texas nonprofit news source.
Texas Standard
Daily news show for Texas broadcast on our public radio
Texas Tribune
Nonprofit news source inTexas

Remember! News is also a primary source

Since reporting is done at the time of an event's occurrence, you can use news when you need a source produced by participants or direct observers of an event or time period. These sources may be recorded during the event or later on, by a participant reflecting upon the event. They are unflltered by interpretation.

To analyze primary sources, ask yourself these questions:

Who is the creator and what was their relationship to the event or issue?
Why did the creator produce this source?
Was the source for personal use? For a large audience?
Was the source intended to be public (newspaper) or private (correspondence)?
How neutral was the creator? What biases or interests might have influenced how the source was created?
Can the source be substantiated by other primary sources? Can you confirm what the creator is saying?