Printed version in Reference Index section extends retrospective coverage beyond 1984. A good index for coverage of most important periodicals in history. Includes a book review section. Online coverage goes back to 1984. Includes full text of newspaper articles.
Retrospective coverage varies by title.
The Leyburn Library has the New York Times on microfilm. For coverage since 1986 of general interest periodicals and more recent events of African-American history. A good place to look first for finding articles. A good supplement to the Humanities Abstracts for history research. Valuable when topics involve politics and economics.