A selective index to the News Journal (Wilmington, DE). The Index is a component of the statewide Delaware Library Catalog from the Delaware Division of Libraries. (Coverage: Oct. 1988 - ) See below for access instructions.
Access Instructions: Connect to the Delaware Library Catalog. Scroll to the Additional limits section. Click on the Library dropdown menu and select Newspaper Index (Wilmington Public Library Reference Dept.). Indexing is limited to major local or state articles. National articles are not included unless a local aspect is covered. Obituaries are not indexed unless it is a person of major importance.
The Wilmington Public Library also has a card file called the Old Delaware Index, a subject and biographical index to articles from the Wilmington Morning News and the Evening Journal. Select Delaware history books are included. It has extensive indexing from the 1920s to 1977, with limited indexing from the 1880s to the 1920s. Obituaries are included for prominent Delawareans. A clippings file accompanies the Index and provides the text for about a 3rd of the entries. The Old Delaware Index is available only at the Wilmington Public Library.
The UD Library holds the News Journal and its predecessor titles on microfilm. Consult A Chronology of the Wilmington News Journal. Recent issues (1999 -) are available online to UD affiliated users.