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Where Can I Find Historical Stock Quotes?

Reference books at the Central Library

Standard & Poor's Daily Stock Price Record American Exchange 1990 to date
Standard & Poor's Daily Stock Price Record New York Exchange 1990 to date
Standard & Poor's Daily Stock Price Record OTC/NASDAQ 1990 to date

Yahoo Finance

Enter the name of the company or the ticker symbol in the "Get Quotes" seachbox, then choose Historical Prices from the menu. Coverage varies depending on the stock, but historical prices can go back as far as 1960's. One catch: the stock must still be in existence.
http://finance.yahoo.com/

The Wall Street Journal & Historical Wall Street Journal

Find full-text coverage of this newspaper of record back to 1889 through the Library's Research Databases. The best bet is to call up the issue from the date the stock was bought or sold, and flip to page with the stock prices.
To do it: Access the database and click the "Publications" tab to "Browse Specific Issues". Once your find your issue, choose to view the results in "Page Map". You can page through until you reach the page with the stock exchange information (NASDAQ/OTC, American, NYSE, etc.). The page can be enlarged to whatever size makes it readable. Use the features to enlarge the view, or "Save a copy, Print or Copy link" to this page, for your records. Access to databases from the library's website only requires a valid Arlington Library card.

Wall Street Journal Microfilm 1963-1997

Available at Central Library. Find the microfilm reel containing the date needed. Scroll through pages of that issue until reaching page with the stock exchange information (NASDAQ/OTC, American, NYSE, etc.) information. Print the page for your records.

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