<div style="background-color: transparent; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.428936600452289" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We recently heard that some libraries have had to reconsider maintaining database access to the Oregonian, due to rising costs. In light of that, we thought it might be helpful to let people know about the electronic Oregonian resources that Multnomah County Library has to offer:</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">* Newsbank’s Oregonian database with full-text articles from 1987 to the present. Only includes articles by Oregonian staff writers (so no AP articles or articles by freelance authors), and does not include photos, classified listings, death notices, or advertisements.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">* Newsbank CD-ROM database of Oregonian articles from 1990 to 1998. (Accessible only in person at the Central, Midland, or Gresham library locations.) This CD-ROM is different from the above database in that it does include articles by writers who were not on the Oregonian staff. Obituary coverage is nonexistent for 1990, and spotty for 1991. Does not include photos, classified listings, death notices, or advertisements.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">* Oregonian Historical Archive database, covering 1861 through 1987. This database includes pdf scans of the complete issues, and it does include photos, advertisements, and classifieds. Searchable by keyword, or you can browse issues by date.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">In addition to these electronic resources, the library also has a card file subject index to the Oregonian (as well as other local papers like the Oregon Journal and the Portland Telegram) covering roughly 1905 to 1987. </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">This card file index emphasizes Oregon, Portland and the Pacific Northwest. National news is covered as it relates to the area only. Death and birth notices are not indexed but obituaries are.</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The library also owns bound indexes that the Oregonian themselves published for 1914 to 1929, with some gaps.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">We are happy to assist anyone with their Portland or Oregon-related research, either in person or remotely - various ways to contact us (including phone, email, and chat) can be found here: </span><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/contact/"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">http://www.multcolib.org/contact/</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Ross Betzer | </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Reference Librarian</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Multnomah County Library</span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Phone: 503.988.5728</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><a href="mailto:rossbk@multcolib.org">rossbk@multcolib.org</a></span></div>
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