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.

Recent news from nytimes.com plus full text from the archive 1851 - 1980.
Coverage: 1851 - Current

The New York Times Article Archive, 1981-Present, contains free access articles from 1987 up to the present time. Photographs, charts and other illustrations are not included. Premium articles from the archive are for sale, but likely can be found for free in UML's ProQuest subscription to the Historical New York Times using the link below. Articles published from Sept. 1851 to Dec. 1980 are available in the Article Archive: 1851-1980. These articles include the accompanying photos, charts and graphs in PDF format.

Cover-to-cover full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: Sept 18,1851 - Dec 31, 2005

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) was launched in 1969 to provide access to the practices and theories of radical social change. The Index is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.
Access is limited to 3 simultaneous users.

Newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Coverage: 1970 - current

Alt-PressWatch features over 502,000 articles from alternative newsweeklies like Eugene Weekly and The Village Voice as well as over 190 other grassroots newspapers, magazines, and journals.

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.

Cover-to-cover full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: March 4, 1872 - Dec. 31, 1925

The Historical Boston Globe covers not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. Each article and page image is available as searchable ASCII text. 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.

Full text of the Boston Herald newspaper.
Coverage: 1991 - current

Access to full-text coverage of the Boston Herald 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.

Publications from ethnic, minority and native presses from throughout the U.S.
Coverage: 1960 - 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.

Focus on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.
Coverage: 1970 - current

GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women’s studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach. It contains full-text documents from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and NGO, government and special reports. GenderWatch covers wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, day care, and the workplace.

Full issue coverage of this influential black weekly newspaper.
Coverage: 1910 - 1975

The Chicago Defender has been the voice of the African-American Community in Chicago and across the United States. It was the nation's largest and most influential black weekly newspaper by the advent of World War I, with more than two thirds of its readership base located outside of Chicago.

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: November 2004 - current

Combined coverage of 14 Massachusetts newspapers such as the Globe and Lowell Sun.
Coverage: varies by title, oldest is 1980 - current

ProQuest Newsstand offers full-text coverage of major Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Lowell Sun, Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, plus selected coverage of other regional sources. Detailed indexing helps researchers quickly find the news information they need. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas. Not only are top news stories indexed, but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well know people are indexed.

Combined search of local newspapers with the Wall St. Journal and alternative presses.

Combines local Massachusetts newspapers including the Boston Globe, Lowell Sun, Herald and many more with the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. Also included are the Ethnic, Gender and Alternative Press NewsWatch databases. NOT included are the historical ProQuest newspapers collections.

Search for books, journals and non-print materials.

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

The Wall Street 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, 1991

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.