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Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals in the South Asia Studies Seminar Room

The Seminar Room subscribes to a number of current newspapers, magazines and journals of popular interest. These materials are received on a regular basis and are available for reading in the Seminar Room.

For questions regarding the current newspapers, magazines, and journals in the South Asia Studies Seminar Room, please contact David Nelson, South Asia Bibiographer at 215-898-7460.

For a list of newspapers held by the Library from the subcontinent, it is best to use Franklin. Hints on how to search for newspapers and magazines is to be found here. For questions, please contact David Nelson, South Asia Bibliographer.

The South Asia Reading Room receives a number of papers from South Asia by airmail. Current titles are kept in the South Asia Reading Room. The paper copies are kept until we receive the microfilm version. The table below gives the titles currently received by airmail, country of origin, and microfilm number.


Title Country Microfilm #
Bangladesh Observer Bangladesh Microfilm news 86
Daily News Sri Lanka Microfilm news 158
Dawn Pakistan Microfilm news 24
Economic times India Microfilm news 26
Hindu India Microfilm news 216
Jang Pakistan Not received on microfilm
Navbharat Times India Microfilm news 307
Pakistan Times Pakistan Microfilm news 231
Statesman India Not currently received
Times of India India Microfilm news 71

For a list of current e-newspapers, please see the following list: South Asian Newspapers and for e-journals