Do-it-yourself
On our web site, search our archive for recent stories.

QuickSearch
If you know the specific article you want, our library will do a quick search of our electronic library (1991 - current) for that article for $5.00. A printout of the article will be mailed or e-mailed to your specified address. If QuickSearch produces more than one article from a simple topic search, a list of headlines and dates.is available for $5.00 each. Add $2.00 for each article you want us to fax to you.

CustomSearch
We also do custom or historical research projects. Give us your topic, we will search both traditional clipping files and electronic files. This is a professional research service offered by our library at $30.00 per hour, (mininum one-hour fee applied) plus $5.00 per page for a list of headlines and dates of articles. Order articles from the list for 25 cents per page.

E-mail your request to tntinfo@thenewstribune.com or call our library Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pacific time at (253)-597-8629. Leave a voice mail message if our staff is unavailable to take the call. Be sure to include your name, address, phone number. Prepayment is required for all research service. Major credit cards accepted.

Please note that we do not have print edition archives available to the public. However, most issues of the newspaper -- especially print editions prior to 1991 -- can be found on microfiche at the Tacoma Public Library.

For photo reprints, visit the photo reprints area or mail us at The News Tribune, P.O. Box 11000, 1950 S. State St., Tacoma, WA 98411