Steve is correct: You can access, free of charge, the Star Tribune archives (as well as those of the Pioneer Press) at Internet computers at any Minneapolis Public Library (MPL).
Also, you can access the ProQuest database of the Star Tribune back to 1986 from your own computer by going to the MPL website at www.mplib.org (or go directly to the database section of our website at www.mplib.org/database.asp#magazin and scroll to ProQuest National Newspapers.)
Two things to note:
1. To use the database from your own computer you must have a library card registered with MPL and you must set up a proxy server following instructions on our website at www.mplib.org/browser.asp
2. Content by freelance writers or from wire services since 1996 is unavailable in electronic archives (due to a court decision in favor of freelancers). Since the Star Tribune uses freelance and wire service content quite heavily, much of today's paper, for example, will not make it to the electronic version. The only articles you can count on finding in the electronic databases are those written by Staff Writers.
Kristi Gibson
Public Affairs Coordinator
Minneapolis Public Library
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Brandt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] City Pages article/Black Like Us/ Stalking Horse?
Mark Snyder asks:
On an unrelated note, does anyone else wonder how a relatively small
publication like the City Pages can manage to maintain such an extensive
(and freely available) archive (as can the Minnesota Daily, for that matter)
that goes back several years while the Strib and PiPress find it necessary
to charge for access to archives older than a few weeks? What's up with
that?
Steve Brandt:
I don't know the answer to Mark's question, but I do know that one can pull up Star Tribune articles for free at Minneapolis public libraries, or at least one could the last time I checked. I suspect that the answer is related to the fact that one can get a paper copy of City Pages for free, and needs to pay for paper copies of the Star Tribune or Pioneer Press. Since all three publications are intended to be profitmaking, one assumes that City Pages has enough ad revenue to cover all costs, while the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune depend on both ad revenue and paid subscriptions. I'm always willing to handle limited requests for an electronic copy of a past article from readers, particularly anyone who feels they must choose between a database charge or buying groceries.
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune graybeard
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