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Find Specific Newspapers
- Journal FinderFor when you have a title in mind
Find specific newspaper titles (and what dates we have them) by searching Journal Finder.
Check these places first when you have a newspaper title or geography in mind.
- US Newspapers on MicrofilmFor when you need a historic paper or a paper published in a particular state
Search UVA's U.S. Newspapers on Microfilm Database by date, by state, or both, to find titles (no articles) of newspapers in microfilm. Search by state or year.
Featured Newspaper Databases
Check these sources when you want to do broad news research on a general topic.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowOnline access to the New York Times includes full entry to the archives from 1851 to present day. Features include Spanish and Chinese editions plus hundreds of articles published in other languages and access to The New York Times Magazine. There is a 5 PDF download limit per day.
Users must be On-Grounds or have their VPN turned on and then will have to create an account with NYTimes. Access does not include Cooking, Games/Crosswords, or The Athletic.
- Wall Street JournalAccess to WSJ.com, the WSJ App, and the WSJ Archives. Students will have access until their graduation date; faculty and staff must renew using this link annually.
You must create an account using your UVA email address.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowFor today's paper
Use Factiva to find the daily edition of national and global newspapers, like the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal. 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 windowFull-text of hundreds of U.S. and some foreign newspapers. Coverage varies by title, some back to 1980s.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier, NY Amsterdam News, Baltimore Afro-American, Washington Post, and The Guardian & The Observer.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Black Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCovers late 19th-late 20th centuries. A subset of the larger ProQuest Historical Newspapers, this is acollection of several prominent black newspapers including the Chicago Defender, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American, and NY Amsterdam News.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFull-text of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from 200 ethnic, minority, and native publications in the U.S., in English and in Spanish.
- World News Connection This link opens in a new windowEnglish translations of foreign news. Full-text of news and information compiled from thousands of non-U.S. news sources. Earlier newspaper translations can be found in the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) series.
- 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.
Daily Progress
- Daily Progress Digital Archive (1893 - 1964)View the digital edition of the Daily Progress, covering the years 1893-1964. (No keyword searching - just scans.)
We offer two reliable ways to read the local Charlottesville paper. Note: we also have recent issues (about the last two months) in print in Shannon.
- Daily Progress on Microfilm (1893 - present)Recent print editions held in Shannon Reference until microfilm arrives.
Cavalier Daily
Read UVA's student paper.
- NexisUni This link opens in a new windowAlternative Name(s) & Keywords: Lexis Nexis LexisNexis Academic
Note: This database only has articles from the Cavalier Daily that also appeared on the U-Wire wire service for college papers.
To limit your search to the Cavalier Daily type "cavalier daily" AND [keyword]