# I didn't know google could do that! (Newspaper articles)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 15, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-google-could-do-that-newspaper-articles/517648 "2009-11-15T11:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-google-could-do-that-newspaper-articles/517648/1 "2009-11-15T11:34:17Z")

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So, I just now was trying to find something by the philosopher Donald Davidson, and did a google search to that end; what google gave me was a scanned article in an issue of the Milwaukee Sentinel from 1947 (!), the keywords I’d entered (‘Davidson immortality’) [highlighted in the graphic](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19471002&id=MekZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PQ0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7184,3292575).

Has google always been able to do that, or is this a new capacity? I mean, I know about google books, but over 60-year old newspapers? How extensive is the archive it searches? Is there a way to exclusively search newspaper articles, like ‘newspaper:Milwaukee Sentinel’?

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-google-could-do-that-newspaper-articles/517648/2 "2009-11-15T13:26:03Z")

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Apparently this feature has been around for some time, but their archive was dramatically increased about a year ago (says [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News), and I’m too lazy to look for a better cite). For a direct News Archive Search, [go here](http://news.google.com/archivesearch?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&cf=all). The “Advanced Search” feature will allow you to specify the publication, if you like, as well as publication date range.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-know-google-could-do-that-newspaper-articles/517648/3 "2009-11-16T03:13:00Z")

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Holy cow! That’s awesome! That’ll really help with research! Yay!