United States News Sources
- Newspaper Collections
- USA Individual Newspapers
- Other News Sources
- Historical Newspapers
- Newspapers from outside the United States
- Finding U.S. newspapers at Princeton (guide by History Librarian Elizabeth Bennett)
Provides full text access to the New York Times (1995+) , the Wall Street Journal (1982+), the Los Angeles Times (1985+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+).
ProQuest Digital Microfilm (2008+)
Digital version of the microfilm for Barron's, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
For comparisons between Lexis-Nexis Academic and Factiva see http://www.princeton.edu/~econlib/universe.html .
Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal. For comparisons between Lexis-Nexis Academic and Factiva see http://www.princeton.edu/~econlib/universe.html .
Ethnic NewsWatch (1960+)
Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish), full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
Atlanta Journal Constitution (1868-1942, 1985+)
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (Newsbank) (1985+)
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1868-1942)
Chicago Tribune (1890+)
- Chicago Tribune (ProQuest) (1977+)
- Chicago Tribune (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- Chicago Tribune (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (April 23, 1849-1986)
Christian Science Monitor (Nov 25, 1908+)
- Christian Science Monitor(Lexis Nexis Academic) (January 2, 1980+)
- Christian Science Monitor (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)(November 25, 1908-1996)
Daily Princetonian (1998, 2000+)
Note: Lexis-Nexis Academic also includes Princeton's daily student newspaper from September 11, 1997+.
International Herald Tribune (New York) (1842-1922, 1991+)
- International Herald Tribune (Lexis-Nexis Academic) (July 1, 1991+)
- New York Tribune (1841-1922)
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934+)
- Los Angeles Sentinel (Ethnic Newswatch) (1991+)
- Los Angeles Sentinel (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1934-2005)
Los Angeles Times (1881+)
- Los Angeles Times (ProQuest) (1985+)
- Los Angeles Times (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1881-1986)
New York Amsterdam News (1922+)
- New York Amsterdam News (Ethnic Newswatch) (1993+)
- New York Amsterdam News (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1922-1993)
New York Times (1851+)
- New York Times (Factiva) ( last 2 weeks; allows easy browsing by section)
- New York Times (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- New York Times (NY Times site; requires free registration) (1987+)
- New York Times (Proquest) (June 1, 1980+)
- New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1851-2006)
- Historical Index to the New York Times (1863 to 1905, 1913 to September 1922)
Pittsburgh Courier (1911+)
- New Pittsburgh Courier, City Edition (Ethnic Newswatch) (1959+)
- Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1911-2002)
San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922, 1989+)
- San Francisco Chronicle (Lexis-Nexis) (1989+)
- San Francisco Chronicle (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- San Francisco Chronicle (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1865-1922)
The Times (Trenton) (1993+)
USA Today (1988+)
Wall Street Journal (1889+)
- Wall Street Journal (Factiva) (last 2 weeks with images)
- Wall Street Journal (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) (1982+)
- Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (1889-1992)
Washington Post (1877+)
- Washington Post (Lexis Nexis Academic) (1977+)
- Washington Post (Proquest Digital Microfilm) (2008+)
- Washington Post (ProQuest Historical Newspaper) (1877-1993)
Links to online newspapers and other news sources worldwide. Primarily composed of newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
Alt-Press Watch (Earliest date is 1973. Most start in the 1990s.)
Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses.
Contains the Associated Press' current year's photo report and a selection of over 700,000 images from their negative and print library dating from the 1840s.
Chronicle of Higher Education (January 6, 1995+)
Leading weekly newspaper in higher education. Full-text plus a database of academic jobs (those published in print in the past month) and the Almanac of Higher Education, (basic statistical information on higher education (e.g., enrollment information or executive compensation)) that is updated annually.
Dateline (1985+)
Contains articles from local and regional publications that chronicle the day-to-day operations of U.S. and Canadian companies. Important business trends and events as well as regional market and economic conditions also receive considerable coverage.
FACTS.com (1940+)
Provides digest of major news stories around the world.
GenderWatch (1970+)
Full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Monthly digest of worldwide political, diplomatic and economic affairs.
State Capital Universe (Late 1990s+)
Includes the paper of record for each state in the United States.
Index to the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news.
Primary source of data on the newspaper industry world-wide. For each of 233 countries and territories, a broad range of annual data includes elements such as the number of titles and circulation, advertising costs and income, sales revenue, number of journalists and employees, salary costs, and costs for newsprint.
Historical USA Newspaper Sources (Also see USA Individual Newspapers)
Coverage depends on the newspaper. Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942); Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003); Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988); Chicago Defender (1905-1975); Chicago Tribune (1849-1986); Christian Science Monitor (1908-1996); Cleveland Call & Post (1934-1991); Guardian and the Observer (1791-2003); Irish Times (1859-2007) ; Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005); Los Angeles Times (1881-1986); New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993); New York Times (1851-2006); New York Tribune (1841-1922); Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003); Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001); Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002); San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922); Wall Street Journal (1889-1992); Washington Post (1877-1993).
Civil War: A newspaper perspective, The (November 1, 1860 - April 15, 1865)
Full text of major articles gleaned from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer.
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (1827-1882)
Complete text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.
Full-text collection of African American newspapers printed across the
U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
Provides searchable full-text of
newspapers more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers, including titles from all 50 states. Includes
newspapers from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society,
the Library of Congress, the Wisconsin Historical Society and others,
including the microfilm collection based on Brigham's "History and
Bibliography of American Newspapers."
Digital archive of U.S. newspapers from the 19th century.
Allows searching and reading newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and finding information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Allows searching and reading newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and finding information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Digital edition of nearly 50 American & British newspapers and periodicals published during the American Civil War.
Liberator (1831-1865)
Full-text of the weekly abolitionist newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts by William Lloyd Garrison.
Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003)
Pennsylvania Gazette, The (1728-1800)
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century.
Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
