Newspaper Databases

Access over 350 major U.S and world newspapers plus TV and radio transcripts.

In addition to newspapers, Lexis Nexis Academic: NEWS provides broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC and NPR along with Web-based publications, blogs, and nearly 300 individual college/university papers. Also covered are Wire services, updated several times a day, including respected names such as the Associated Press, Business Wire and PR Newswire. Also included is full text from more than 400 magazines and journals and over 600 newsletters, including: Business Week, The Economist, Ebony, Kirkus Reviews, New Republic, Newsweek, Slate, U.S. News & World Report and Variety.

Full text coverage of the New York Times.
Coverage: 1985 - Present

Full-text access to articles from the New York Times database from 1985-Present. Users can download articles as an HTML web page, highlight words to view definition terms, and export citations into tools such as RefWorks (avaialable for free use to all UML users). This database is provided to libraries throughout the Commonwealth by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners.

Cover-to-cover full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: Sept 18, 1851 - Dec 31, 2007

The database covers The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2002. Coverage includes not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.

A searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image. Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved such as article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc.

Broad collection from leading journals, newspapers and reference sources.
Coverage: 1980 - current

Academic OneFile contains over 60 million records from the following types of sources: Periodicals — General interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers. Newspapers — The full text of The New York Times from 1990, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor. Newswires — 121 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world. Audio — listen to any National Public Radio program, as well as read transcripts, for shows produced by NPR from 1990 to present. Podcasts from government agencies such as the Census and the State Department are also available.

Subject index to international alternative periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
Coverage: 1991 - current

The Alternative Press Index (API) is a bibliographic database containing over 344,000 citations and abstracts of articles from journals, newspapers, and magazines from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left publications. The API was launched in 1969. Coverage begins in 1991.

Authoritative coverage of local, national and international news.
Coverage: September 1980 - current

Access to full-text coverage of the Boston Globe through detailed indexing that covers not only complete bibliographic information but also subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas. In addition, items such as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are also made easily accessible through the searchable index.

In-depth, original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
Coverage: 1991 - current

CQ Researcher, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., contains single-themed, 12,000-word reports researched and written by seasoned journalists. Each report provides an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Reports are browsable by topic or date or searchable by keyword.

160,000 hours of C-Span footage.
Coverage: 1987 - current

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, is contained in the C-SPAN Archives and immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN Archives.

Publications from ethnic, minority and native presses from throughout the U.S.
Coverage: 1959 - Current

Ethnic NewsWatch and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History is a combined bilingual (English and Spanish) database of newspapers, magazines and journals that spans over 40 years with nearly 1.2 million full-text, fully indexed articles. The Historic backfile covers 39 of the nearly 300 titles in Ethnic NewsWatch. Publications cover regional news about African American, Native American, Hispanic, Jewish, Muslim, and other ethnic groups.

Complete archives of 18 leading Irish newspapers searchable by full text.
Coverage: (varies)1763 - current

The Irish Newspaper Archive is the largest on-line database of Irish Newspapers in the world. It contains complete archives of the Irish Independent (1905-Current), The Freeman's Journal (1763-1924), the Nation (1842-1897) and many more leading national, regional and out-of date titles. To date the INA has digitized 15 newspaper titles with over 25 more titles scheduled for digitization this year alone. The vast majority of titles run from their inception to current and will be updated on a monthly basis. All titles are rendered fully word searchable and date indexed. Besides newspapers, the INA is in the process of digitizing other documents of historical interest such as directories and the vast Lawrence photographic collection, consisting of over 50,000 prints from early Victorian Ireland.

Full-text coverage of the Lowell Sun newspaper.
Coverage: 2001 - current

Full text news sources in English and French from across the Arab World.
Coverage: 2006 - current

Middle East Newsstand provides more than 150 current, full text news sources in English and French from across the Arab World, Southwest Asia and surrounding countries. Several of the sources have been translated from Arabic to English by the publisher. A sample of titles available include: Aljazeera.net, Dar Al-Hayat, Gulf Daily News, Palestine Chronicle, Le Temps, Sudan Tribune, Times of Oman, and the Yemen Times. Each issue of every newspaper is indexed. Researchers using Middle East Newsstand can take advantage of the ProQuest interface language feature. The interface is available in English, French and Arabic, so researchers can search in the language they are most comfortable. Articles can be translated from French and into French for a user-friendly research experience.

Full text coverage of the New York Times.
Coverage: 1985 - Present

Full-text access to articles from the New York Times database from 1985-Present. Users can download articles as an HTML web page, highlight words to view definition terms, and export citations into tools such as RefWorks (avaialable for free use to all UML users). This database is provided to libraries throughout the Commonwealth by the Mass Board of Library Commissioners.

View today's news on the commercial NYTimes.com web site.

The New York Times , access to the current day's edition of the paper. For past articles from 1985 to the present use the Gale InfoTrac New York Times database, or even older articles beginning in 1851 are available in full text from the ProQuest Historical New York Times link below.

Search for books, journals and non-print materials.

Coverage of national and international finance as well as hard news.
Coverage: 1984 - current

The Wall St. Journal's comprehensive, high-quality indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas, so researchers can easily access not only top news stories but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. For each article cited in the database, an abstract of up to 75 words helps the researcher know if the complete text will meet his or her needs.

Complete cover-to-cover with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: July 8, 1889 - Dec 31, 1993

The database covers The Wall Street Journal from its first issue in 1889 through 1991. Coverage includes not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.

A searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image. Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved such as article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc.