Newspaper Achives.com offers a unique service. Thier goal is to build a vast library resource of newspapers online. The papers can be viewed on line through their search routine. If you have viewed microfilms, you'll be familiar with the look. A nice feature that is not available in searching microfilm, is they highlight the search word(s) on each page of the found documents.
Search within specific topics such as: Almanac, Biographies, Dictionary, Encylopedia or General searches.
Search maps using Encarta.....
Use Encarta to find your map. If you have Encarta's membership service, you can click a city on the map to obtain information associated with that location.