LibGuides: Electronic Resources: Newspapers

Newspaper Resources

Newspaper resources provide access to collections of online newspapers, as well as selected individual titles within those collections.

For more information about using newspaper resources, see the Newspaper Guide.

Browse Newspapers: General and Popular by title.

To search the most comprehensive list of journal and newspaper titles, check out A-Z Electronic Journals.

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Commonly Used Newspaper Resources

Access World News, Research Collection This link opens in a new window This comprehensive news collection includes local, regional, national and international news sources. Source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.
America's Historical Newspapers (Michigan Newspapers) This link opens in a new window The default search setting is for the entire Early American Newspapers database. To search for the Michigan titles, click on the Newspaper Titles tab and select the Michigan titles: Detroit Independent(01/13/1923) Detroit Informer(01/13/1900) Detroit Plaindealer (09/20/1899 - 12/23/1892 Grand Rapids Afro-American Gazette (01/01/1991 - 08/07/1995) Grand Rapids Herald (01/01/1898 - 12/31/1900) Grand Rapids Press(01/03/1893 - 12/30/1922) Jackson Citizen Patriot (08/15/1849 - 12/31/1922) Kalamazoo Gazette (03/26/1872 - 09/04/1919) Lake Superior Miner (10/06/1855 - 09/10/1870) Northern Islander (12/12/1850 - 06/20/1856) Weekly Detroit Free Press and Supp.. The Household (01/02/1886 - 06/04/1887)
British Newspapers 1600-1950 This link opens in a new window Indexing and links to full texts of newspaper articles in London and English provincial newspapers. Also covers a few Continental newspapers.
Factiva This link opens in a new window **Access is allowed for only 6 users at a time.** Provides full-text articles from leading business newspapers, magazines, and wire services worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal. Also provides company, industry, and market information.
Gale Primary Sources: Newspapers This link opens in a new window Search the following newspapers: American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society British Library Newspapers Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 Financial Times Historical Archive International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013 Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957 The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 The Independent Historical Archive The Sunday Times Historical Archive The Telegraph Historical Archive The Times Digital Archive The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window A collection of more than 1,000 newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the New York Times (1985-current).
Michigan Report (Gongwer News Service) This link opens in a new window Written by a staff of experienced, professional journalists, Gongwer's daily Michigan Report provides detailed coverage of breaking news related to Michigan government, including executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as general political news related to Michigan and the United States. Other features include bill tracking (legislation); daily schedules of House and Senate legislative committees; Senate, House, Executive Branch, and Judiciary Directories; Election coverage and summaries; Administrative Rule information. Only available in the MSU Main Library.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window A comprehensive resource for U.S. and international companies as well as newspaper articles, transcripts and web news worldwide, along with legal materials from U.S. and international jurisdictions. **To use Company Dossier, pop up blocker must be turned off.** To construct and download in bulk full text corpora derived from newspapers, newswires and legal and trade publications from this database, use Text Assembler.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window Over 400 U.S. newspapers, published between 1800 and 1900. Papers selected cover a broad spectrum, with a comprehensive geographical and chronological range. Also includes commissioned scholarly essays on topics and events such as the Confederacy, immigration, and elections.
PressReader This link opens in a new window This database provides full-text, full-color newspapers and magazines from around the world. Titles are displayed as published in print. Includes a searchable, 60-day archive.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window Includes the full text of: Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010) Calgary Herald (1883-2010) Chicago Defender (1909-2010) Chicago Tribune (1849-2013) Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953) Cleveland Call and Post (1934-2010) Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (1919-2013) Detroit Free Press (1831-1922) Indianapolis Star (1903-2004) Le Monde (1944-2000) Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals (1845-2015) Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2010) Los Angeles Times (1881-2014) Louisville Courier Journal (1830-1922) (1830-1922) Louisville Defender (1951-2010) Michigan Chronicle (1939-2010) Minneapolis Star Tribune (1867-2001) Montreal Gazette (1785-2010) New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010) New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962) Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010) Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2010) Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010) San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) South China Morning Post (1903-2001) St. Louis Post Dispatch (1874-2003) The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922) The American Israelite (1854-2000) The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984) The Austin American Statesman (1871-1980) The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-2010) The Baltimore Sun (1837-1997) The Boston Globe (1872-1991) The Christian Science Monitor (1908-2009) The Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-1922) (1841-1922) The Globe and Mail (1844-2019) The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2021) The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008) The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990) The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990) The Korea Times (1956-2016) The Nashville Tennessean The New York Times (1851-2019) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001) The Province (1894-2010) The Scotsman (1817-1950) The Times of India (1838-2010) The Wall Street Journal (1889-2011) The Washington Post (1877-2006) Toronto Star (1894-2020) U.S. Midwest Collection Finally, it contains these aggregations: "Ethnic NewsWatch" (1959-present) and "ProQuest Civil War Era" (selected newspapers and pamphlets from 1850-1870).
Times Digital Archive, 1785 - 2019 This link opens in a new window Search the complete digital edition of The Times (London) to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements, and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. For online access to the London Times 1985 onwards, check the online catalog using a periodical title search for Times. It is also available on microfilm in the Hollander Make Central, 2nd floor West wing.
Universal Database of Russian Newspapers This link opens in a new window This resource contains full-text articles from more than 60 Russian newspapers in English and Russian. Issues are updated daily. Articles are fully searchable, and many newspaper archives go back to 1996. Argumenty i Fakty and Izvestiia go back to 1980.

New York Times (1851-2012) The New York Times (1851-2008) offers students and educators a unique resource for primary source documents. The New York Times, long known for providing 'All the News That is Fit to Print' has set the standard for quality journalism since 1851. This respected source provides news and viewpoints from the United States and around the world. Newspapers offer a glimpse into the opinions, biases and prejudices, and knowledge of a certain time or author. Educators can use the articles and images contained in The New York Times to help teach skills such as critical thinking, historical interpretation and context, writing and composition, and information literacy; can supplement lessons in many different disciplines; and can offer multidisciplinary approaches to subjects. Students gain a better understanding and appreciation of the past through sources that illustrate historical information via a relevant medium still used today. The variety of information spanning more than 150 years found in The New York Times provides resources applicable to the study of the Arts, Business, Communications and Media, Economics, Geography, Government, Health, History, Language Arts, Science, Technology, and more.

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