Newspaper Databases

Newspapers are good resources for finding primary materials related to the time and location that they are covering. This page brings together several subscription newspaper databases covering both the historical and the contemporary, as well as the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Contemporary U.S. Newspapers

Multiple Newspaper Search (Each database searches multiple newspaper titles at once)

• Newspaper Source

Single Newspaper Search (Only one newspaper title is searched at a time)

• Columbus News Index (1960-1997)
• The New York Times (1851 - 2005)

Historical - United States

Multiple Newspaper Search

• Americas Historical Newspapers (1690 - 1922)
• African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
  
• Civil War Era Newspapers (1840 - 1865)
• 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Single Newspaper Search

• The New York Times (1851 - 2005)
• Chicago Defender (1905-1975) - African American
  
• Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) - African American
  

Historical - World

Multiple Newspaper Search

• British Newspapers (1600-1900)
• 17-18th Century Burney Newspapers
• 19th Century British Newspapers
  

Single Newspaper Search

• The Times London (1785 - 1985)