About Television News Archive
| Subject | 'The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989.' (from TV News Archive Home). |
| Sources | Database indexing evening news broadcasts; since 1999, also includes online video of CNN news broadcasts. Videotapes of broadcasts can be borrowed, for a fee (they are not available via Interlibrary Loan); see 'Ordering Videotapes' and 'Tape Loan Fees' in the left-hand column on the TVNA website. |
| Dates Covered | 1968 to the present |
| Help Documents | See 'search tips' available within database. |
| Print Counterpart (backfiles) | None. |
| Provider | Vanderbilt University Television News Archive |
| Access | On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses. |
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