Research Guides: Polynesian Voyaging: Articles

Articles (Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper)

Hawaii Pacific Journal Index This link opens in a new window
HPJI is an index to articles about Hawaii and the Pacific, and to magazines and journals published in these areas. (Select "Hawaii Pacific Journal Index" from the Databases & Indexes menu.)
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Research across all subject areas from more than 9,000 full text journals; over 13,800 indexed & abstracted journals. Selected PDF content dating back as far as 1887. Updated daily.
US West Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. West Newsstream covers news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Includes access to Hawaii newspapers: Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu Advertiser, and Honolulu Star-Bulletin; coverage varies for each title.

Access to Honolulu Newspapers from 1929-Present

Directions for How to find Honolulu Newspaper Articles from 1929-Present

The Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin are available through the library in two formats, online and in microfilm.

Full-text articles from the Star-Bulletin are available online from March 18, 1996-present. Full-text articles from the Advertiser are available online from November 30, 2002-present in the Library's Honolulu Newspapers database. Any articles written prior to these dates can only be access through the library's microfilm collection.

To find articles in the microfilm there are two indices. The Hawaii Newspaper Index, an online index, has the index for articles from 1989 to the present. The Index to the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin books are available in the library's Hawaii Pacific Reference Collection and index articles from 1929-1994.

The current newspaper, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, is only available online beginning from 2010 in the Honolulu Newspapers database.

Honolulu Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text access to Honolulu's local newspapers (past & present).
Honolulu Star-Advertiser: June 7, 2010 - present;
Honolulu Advertiser: November 30, 2002 - May 15, 2010;
Honolulu Star-Bulletin: March 18, 1996 - June 6, 2010.
Hawaii Newspaper Index This link opens in a new window
This index covers articles from 1989 to current from the Honolulu Advertiser, Star-Bulletin, and Star-Advertiser. Please note that this is an index only -- no full-text. Articles may be available on microfilm. Content maintained by the Hawaii State Public Library System.

Index to the Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Call Number: Hawaii Pacific Ref AI21 .H3
Use the indices, which cover the years 1929-1994, to look up newspaper articles by subject on the microfilm reader.