Newspaper Resources General Information Department Detroit Public Library Detroit Free Press Daily. Paper copies are retained until microfilm is received. Microfilm: August 1831-present; CD-ROM: 1988-present. There is very little indexing for the Free Press. The library has paper indexes for only January-July, 1983 and for 1984. (Note that the CD-ROM acts as an index for the years 1988 forward.) For time periods not covered by these indexes, it is necessary for the user to have at least an approximate date in order to search the microfilm. An additional resource is the Detroit Free Press Web Site. Detroit News Daily. Paper copies are retained until microfilm is received. Microfilm: August 1873-present; CD-ROM: 1991-present. The Detroit News has paper indexes for 1976-present (October-December 1983 is missing). (Note that the CD-ROM acts as an index for the years 1991 forward.) For time periods not covered by these indexes, it is necessary for the user to have at least an approximate date in order to search the microfilm. An additional resource is the Detroit News Web Site. London Times Daily (excluding Sunday). Paper copies are retained until microfilm is received. Microfilm: 1785-present. Indexes are available from 1790-present. New York Times Daily. Paper copies are retained until microfilm is received. Microfilm: 1851-present. Indexes are available from September 1851-present. An additional resource is the New York Times Web Site. Sporting News Weekly. December 1993-present. USA Today Daily. Library retains copies for 6 months. Additional Web Resources: Michigan: Newspaper Services on the Internet. Ecola Directories:Newspapers. General Information Main Page