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"Periodicals" refers to magazines, journals, newspapers and other items published periodically.

Like a Library Catalog, the Periodicals List enables one to search or browse for a title. Simply enter the title in the search box; if we have access to that item the Periodicals List will provide coverage information and links to it.

Hawaii: Current News & Events

Hawaii Business Magazine
Feature articles, interviews, business profiles, real estate, Hawaii stocks and news of note for business managers and executives in Hawaii.
Honolulu Civil Beat
"Civil Beat is the largest news organization dedicated exclusively to civic affairs journalism in Hawaii. It is where you can learn about, understand, debate and discover the important issues facing our community."
Honolulu Magazine
HONOLULU features the unique culture, heritage and lifestyle of the Islands.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (6/7/2010 - current), The Honolulu Advertiser (11/30/2002 - 6/6/2010) and The Honolulu Star-Bulletin (3/18/1996 - 6/6/2010).
COVID-19 Research (Honolulu Star-Advertiser) This link opens in a new window
This site features local news related to the COVID-19 pandemic and is provided by The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

MidWeek
Hawaii community news.

Pacific Business News (University Office Pass) This link opens in a new window
Pacific Business News university office pass provides HPU users with individual subscriber access to the Pacific Business News website. To access this content, users are required to create an individual username and password. First-time users may register via this link: PBN Account Registration

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US West Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
US West Newsstream enables users to search the most recent regional news content, as well as archives back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Includes news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Hawaii: Historic News & Events

Bob Krauss' Early Hawaii Newspaper Research Index
Bob Krauss (1924-2006) wrote for the Honolulu Advertiser for fifty five years, from 1951 through 2006. One of his research strategies was to review older newspapers on microfilm and to take notes on index cards. Over time these cards came to fill 22 card file drawers, stored front and center on Krauss’s office desk.
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Krauss also indexed other publications, and information he gathered through personal interviews and correspondence. He annotated most of his index entries with notes and explanations that provide context and information not typically found in formal newspaper indexes.
The Garden Island
Lihue, Hawaii: Scripps League Newspapers, Inc.
Nov 25, 1992 - Aug 07, 1997
The Garden Island
Lihue, Kauai
1902-1922
Honolulu Advertiser
Nov 30, 2002 - June 6, 2010
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Mar 18, 1996 - Jun 06, 2010

American Archive of Public Broadcasting This link opens in a new window
A collaboration between WGBH and the Library of Congress with a long-term vision to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media. The collection of 40,000 hours contains thousands of high quality programs that consist of regional and local programs that document American communities during the last half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first. Includes local news and public affairs programs, local history productions that document the heritage of local communities, and programs dealing with education, environmental issues, music, art, literature, dance, poetry, religion, and even filmmaking on a local level.
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

The Hawaii Herald index by Elaine OkimotoToyo NakamuraJoan HoriWest Oahu College.
Call Number: Waterfront Library Hawaii Pacific Collection AI21.H34 H34 1980-86
Publication Date: 1980-1986
Shaping History : The Role of Newspapers in Hawaii by Helen Geracimos Chapin
ISBN: 9780585266008
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Just a decade after the first printing press arrived in Honolulu in 1820, American Protestant missionaries produced the first newspaper in the islands. More than a thousand daily, weekly, or monthly papers in nine different languages have appeared since then. Today they are often considered a secondary source of information, but in their heyday Hawai'i's newspapers formed one of the most diversified, vigorous, and influential presses in the world. In this original and timely work, Helen Geracimos Chapin charts the role Hawai'i's newspapers played in shaping major historic events in the islands and how the rise of the newspaper abetted the rise of American influence in Hawai'i. Shaping History is based on a wide selection of written and oral sources, including extensive interviews with journalists and others working in the newspaper industry. Students of journalism and Hawaiian history will find this comprehensive history of Hawai'i's newspapers especially valuable.