Contemporary Newspaper Databases
- Journal FinderFor when you have a title in mind
Find specific newspaper titles (and what dates we have them) by searching Journal Finder.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowUse Factiva to find the daily edition of national and global newspapers. Click on News Pages for today's paper. In addition to the daily edition of papers, Factiva offers full-text, from thousands of sources from all over the world, in 22 languages. Coverage varies by title, some back to 1980s.
- NexisUni This link opens in a new windowNews and business information from sources around the world; book reviews, biographical, and other reference sources; U.S. Code, constitution, and court cases. Includes many newspapers. Most entries are full-text, some updated daily.
- Proquest Recent Newspapers (formerly Digital Microfilm of Major National Newspapers)Digital scans of full pages of the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post. 2008-present. Just scans, including photos and layout - but no searching available.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowThis comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. It currently contains over 9,600 sources from 160 countries.
- US History in Context This link opens in a new windowIncludes very selected newspapers, including the New York Times (1985-present), Washington Post (2009-present), USA Today (2003-present).
U.S. Historical Newspaper Databases
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new windowTexts and page images from The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800), 7 African-American newspapers from 1827-1860, and 3 Civil War newspapers: New York Herald, Richmond Enquirer, and Charleston Mercury.
- African American Newspapers: Part I-V This link opens in a new windowSearchable African American Newspapers.
Part I: Freedom's Journal, New York, 1827-Mar. 1829; Colored American, New York, 1837-Mar. 1840; The North Star, Rochester, NY, 1847-July 1849; National Era, Washington, DC, 1847-Dec. 1848.
Part II: Colored American, 1840-41; The North Star, July 1849-1851; Frederick Douglass’ Paper (continuation of The North Star), 1851-May 1852; National Era, 1847-Dec. 1850; Provincial Freeman, Toronto, ON, 1854-Dec. 18, 1855.
Part III: Frederick Douglass’ Paper, May 1852-Dec. 1852; National Era, Dec. 1850-Dec. 1853; Provincial Freeman, Dec. 1855-57; The Christian Recorder, Toronto, ON, 1861-April 1862.
Part IV: The Christian Recorder, May 1862-Dec. 1864; National Era, Jan. 1854-Dec. 1855; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Jan. 1853-Dec. 1854.
Part V: The Christian Recorder, Jan. 1865-June 1868; National Era, Jan. 1856-Dec. 1857; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, Jan. 1855-Dec. 1856. - America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1991) This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text collection of US newspapers. For additional titles see 19th Century U.S. Newspapers.
- 20th Century American Newspapers, Series I This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text collection of US newspapers. For additional titles see Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers and Historical Newspapers.
- Chronicling America This link opens in a new windowBrought to you by the Library of Congress. Search digitized versions of America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922. Some may find the Chronicling America site easier to use than WorldCat.
- Gale Newsvault This link opens in a new windowCovers 17th-19th century collections of British newspapers and 19th century US newspapers.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowFull text of major American newspapers and some foreign newspapers plus selected stories from other US regional newspapers. Also includes full-text of transcripts for television and radio network news broadcasts.
- Proquest Historical NewspapersNew York Times (1851-2010), Wall Street Journal (1889-1996), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1990), Los Angeles Times (1881-1990), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), NY Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), and Washington Post
(1877-1997).
Free Digital Historical U.S. Newspaper Resources
- Atlanta Historic Newspaper Archive (1857-1922)Over a dozen Atlanta newspapers covered from the period 1857-1922, including The Southern Confederacy from 1861-1864. From the University of Georgia.
- Brooklyn NewstandBrought to you by the Brooklyn Public Library. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963. Also has Brooklyn Life (1890-1924) and Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society (1924 – 1931).
- Farm, Field and FiresideThe Farm, Field and Fireside collection contains historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Brought to you by the University of Illinois.
- Free Digital U.S. Historical Newspaper CollectionsScroll down to "More U.S. Digital Newspaper Collections" for links to digital newspapers from California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming. From the University of Illinois.
- Friend of Man (1836-1842)Abolitionist newspaper 1836-1842, published in New York State. From Cornell University.
- Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper ProjectComposed of The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962), The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-current). From Carnegie Mellon University.
- Southern CourierArchives from 1965-1968 of Civil Rights newspaper based in Montgomery, Alabama. See more information about this newspaper.
- Stars and StripesComplete run of this World War I newspaper. Brought to you by the Library of Congress.
- The New South Newspaper, 1862-1866From Port Royal and Beaufort, SC. Brought to you by the University of South Carolina.
- North Georgia Historic Newspapers ArchiveBrought to you by the Digital Library of Georgia. The North Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive spans the years 1850-1922 and includes the following titles:
Gainesville News, 1902-1922
Georgia Cracker (Gainesville), 1894-1902
North Georgia Citizen (Dalton), 1868-1921
Rome Courier, 1850-1855
Rome Tri-Weekly Courier, 1860-1880
Rome Weekly Courier, 1860-1878