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Current Newspapers

Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.

World News Connection
2006+ -  discover what’s really happening in specific countries and regions of Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe,the Middle East, the Americas, and Oceania. Information is available within 24-72 hours from original publication or broadcast, and is compiled and translated from more than 800 non-U.S. media sources, including news articles, Web sites, broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.  Earlier content is available from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996 on the Newsbank platform.

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

Newseum | Today's Front Pages
Today's front pages of newspapers from around the globe.  Front pages from previous dates are not available, but newspapers from "events of historical significance" are archived.

America`s Newspapers
Coverage: 1980-present. Includes the Syracuse Post Standard, Observer Dispatch (Utica), Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and other regional newspapers

Newspaper Source
Coverage: varies. Provides selected full text for national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for some regional (U.S.) newspapers.

New York State Newspapers [1980-- ]
1980 + ,   A set of 28 New York State newspapers availble in full-text provide by NOVEL. - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library - provided by the New York State Library.


Post Standard (Syracuse)
1986-current. Local and regional news. Excluded: articles not written by the post-Standard staff (e.g. AP newswire reports, articles reprinted from other newspapers); paid advertisements.

National Newspaper Index (Gale Group)
Coverage: 1977-present. Provides access to the indexing of America\'s top five newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.

Custom Newspapers (Gale)
Coverage: varies.  Full-text for over 1,000 newspapers, regional, national and international.

Chronicle of Higher Education Online

Google News
Coverage: varies. Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously. Note that not all content is available for free and links to library purchased content are not available.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Coverage: 1960-present. A database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

Historical Newspapers

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of news and newspapers and the free press, totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles. Many of the Burney newspapers are well known, but many pamphlets and broadsides also included have remained largely hidden.

19th Century Masterfile (Poole`s Plus)
Important index to 19th century American and English periodicals.  This database also indexes books, newspapers, patents, and government documents published in the United States prior to 1930. This is not a full text database, but we do have access to much of the material.

African American Newspapers - 1827 - 1998 (Newsbank)
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.

African American Newspapers: the 19th Century
Coverage: 1827-1862. A collection of African-American newspapers containing a wealth of information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day.

America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage: 1690-1922. Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. (formerly called Early American Newspapers, Series I through VII)

Chicago Tribune - Proquest Historical Newspapers
1849-1986. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for Chicago Tribune dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Coverage: 1880-1910. Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Currently only content from 1880 - 1910 and from selected states.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1976-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.

FBIS Publications LASR CD-ROM
Coverage: 1997-2004 . Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Continues online FBIS Daily Reports

HarpWeek
Coverage: 1857-1912. Electronic access to Harper`s Weekly, America`s leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Includes the ability to search for a wide variety of articles, ads, illustrations, fiction.

Illustrated London News
With its debut in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable, the ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides users with unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique historical record

Jerusalem Post Historical Newspaper 1932-1988
The world’s top English-language daily newspaper covering Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish World. Founded in 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post, the publication supported the struggle for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and openly opposed British policy restricting Jewish immigration during the Mandate period. In 1950, two years after the State of Israel was declared, the paper was renamed The Jerusalem Post

New York Times -Proquest Historical Newspapers
1851 - 3 years ago. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for New York Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Los Angeles Times - Proquest Historical Newpapers
1881-1986. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for the Los Angeles Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Pre-1800 periodicals available from Colgate
Pre-1800 periodicals available from Colgate University Libraries by date of initial availability.

Times Digital Archive

Times of India - Proquest Historical Newspapers
1838-2001.  The Times of India is the world’s largest circulation English daily newspaper.  Founded in 1838 to serve the British residents of West India, The Times of India now circulates more than 4 million copies, covering almost 8 million readers. Originally this paper was British owned, but since Independence, has been owned by The Times of India Group. The Times of India is particularly valuable for its coverage of key historical events in India, including the rise of Gandhi’s Civil Disobediance movement, the 1947 Independence and Partition through to the landmark date of 1998 when Pakistan became a nuclear power.  Titles include - Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1839-1859), Bombay Times and Standard (1860-1861), and the Times of India (1861-2001)

Wall Street Journal - Proquest Historical Newspapers
Covers: 1889-1992.  This database offers full-text and full-image articles for Wall Street Journal dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Google News Archive
overage: varies. Provides a way to search and explore historical archives and can automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods. Note: not all content is available for free and links to library purchased content are not available.

Penn Libraries list of digitized newspapers

Local Newspapers

Post Standard (Syracuse)
1986-current. Local and regional news. Excluded: articles not written by the post-Standard staff (e.g. AP newswire reports, articles reprinted from other newspapers); paid advertisements.

New York Times -Proquest Historical Newspapers

New York State Newspapers [1980-- ]
1980 + ,   A set of 28 New York State newspapers availble in full-text provide by NOVEL. - New York Online Virtual Electronic Library - provided by the New York State Library.


Colgate and Local Hamilton Newspapers
Coverage dates vary. Mid-York Weekly - Hamilton area news, Maroon-News - Colgate's Student Newspaper, The Scene - Colgate alumni/alumnae news, Index to Madisonensis (1869-1915) & Maroon News (1916-1990) - Colgate student newspapers

Historical and Regional Newspapers with specific emphasis on titles held in Special Collections
NOTE: ALL MICROFILM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH LASR. Materials in Special Collections have limited hours and special regulations for use.

AP Images
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.

Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1976-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.

FBIS Publications LASR CD-ROM
Coverage: 1997-2004 . Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Continues online FBIS Daily Reports

LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.

World News Connection
2006+ -  discover what’s really happening in specific countries and regions of Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe,the Middle East, the Americas, and Oceania. Information is available within 24-72 hours from original publication or broadcast, and is compiled and translated from more than 800 non-U.S. media sources, including news articles, Web sites, broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.  Earlier content is available from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996 on the Newsbank platform.