Research Guides: DOE-Hawaiian Studies Kupuna Program: 2. Newspaper Articles

Indexes to Newspaper Articles

Index to the Honolulu advertiser and Honolulu star-bulletin. by Hawaii State Library
Call Number: AI21.H6 I5

In print
1929-1967 indexed together in 5 volumes.
1968-1990 indexed annually in separate volumes.

Online
1929-1967 available online here.
1989-current available online here. (Hawaii Newspaper Index database)
Not full-text, citations only. Once you find an article citation, you will have to go to the microfilm for the actual content or the article.

Chronicling America
Access to 255 English language newspapers from throughout the U.S., from 1866 to 1922, including 12 from Hawaiʻi. New titles and content added quarterly.
Hawaii Pacific Journal Index (HPJI)
An index to nearly 140 journals published in or about Hawaii and the Pacific. Among local newspapers and magazines indexed are Ka Wai Ola o Oha, Honolulu Weekly, and Hana Hou!.
Bob Krauss Research Index (Hawaii Newspapers Index)
The Bob Krauss Research Index is an index of English-language newspaper content from Hawaii, covering 1840 through 1944. It is not comprehensive but covers periods of time for which there is no formal indexing. Includes links to online copies of newspapers, where available.

Bob Krauss Research Index 1800s+

Search the Bob Krauss Research Index to find references to articles in English language newspapers from Hawaii, going back to the mid 1800s:

Newspapers

Many newspapersʻ websites do not offer access to the full newspaper as published in print. To get to the full newspapers, use the microfilm copies of the newspapers, kept at the library. (The call numbers and information below refer to the microfilm held at the UH-Mānoa library, but many are also held in the public library system.) The most frequently used newspapers in Honolulu are:

Honolulu advertiser
Call Number: MICROFILM V90001

The most recent issues (roughly for the last six months or so) will be available in print, either in the first floor newspapers stacks or in the Hawaiian & Pacific Collections. Issues older than six months are generally only available on microfilm.
Honolulu star-bulletin by 2001-2010
Call Number: MICROFILM V91258

All issues of the Star-Bulletin are available on microfilm. For issues prior to July 1980 see: MICROFILM S90015. For issues between June 1980 and March 2001, see: MICROFILM V90002. For all others, use V91258.
Honolulu star-advertiser
Call Number: MICROFILM S53364

Online version here.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser merged into the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in 2010.
Honolulu weekly
Call Number: MICROFILM V91184 and DU629.H7 H66

Available online, in print and on microfilm.

Newspaper Websites

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Chronicling America
Access to 255 English language newspapers from throughout the U.S., from 1866 to 1922, including 12 from Hawaiʻi. New titles and content added quarterly.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser website
Use the Star-Advertiser website in conjunction with the Hawaii Newspaper Index to find material on specific communities in Hawaii.

Honolulu weekly
Call Number: MICROFILM V91184 and DU629.H7 H66

Available online, in print and on microfilm.

Papers Past (New Zealand)
The National Library of New Zealand hosts this site, which includes New Zealand papers from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
TROVE
Trove is an Australian digital repository managed by the National Library of Australia that brings together content from multiple institutions.