Type: News Media

African American Library Resources at Harvard: Newspapers

This research guide identifies and links directly to Harvard's major online collections of African American news sources.

Alt-Press Watch

Alt-Press Watch is a full-text database of articles in alternative, independent publications. This multi-disciplinary resource covers publications since the 1990s and offers diverse perspectives on religion.

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)

A database of full-text newspapers published in the United States, from 1690 to the early 20th century. Use it to find historical news stories about religious topics.

American Periodicals (1740-1900)

Searchable, full-text database, with digitized page images, of more than 1,100 American magazines and journals that originated between 1741 and 1900. Subject matter includes religion, theology, missions, abolition.

Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

Baltimore Sun (1837-1987)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of the Baltimore Sun (1837-1987), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

Boston Globe

Full text available from Factiva or Proquest Historical Newspapers Factiva: from 1987 Proquest: A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of the Boston Globe (1860-1985). All text within the database is searchable.

Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of The Chicago Tribune (1849-1990), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

Christian Science Monitor (1908-2003)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of the Christian Science Monitor (1908-2003), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

Daily Mail (1896-2004)

The Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004 is an online digital collection that allows users to search, retrieve and browse articles, pages and whole editions of the paper, providing a gateway to engaging stories, controversies and social issues of the...

Ethnic News Watch

Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish), full text database of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of ethnic, minority and native press in the United States and Canada.Dates: 1970-

Factiva

Factiva.com is a database of over 8,000 contemporary business and news publications. Sources are in 22 languages, date back as far as 1969. Includes major US newspapers. Dates: 1969 - present; dates vary by publication

Hartford Courant (1764-1988)

Covers 1764-1988

Liberator (1831-1865)

The most influential newspaper in the antebellum, antislavery crusade in the United States, published in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Lloyd Garrison.

Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of the Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

New York Times (1851-2006)

This database contains all issues of the New York Times, 1851-2006, in full text, full image forms, including news, illustrations, editorial matter, and advertising.

New York Tribune (1841-1922)

A full-text database containing digitized images of the New-York Tribune (1841-1922), with content including articles, photos, and advertisements. All text within the database is searchable.

Newspaper Archive

NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore...

Nexis Uni

Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Use this to find news stories and legal cases related to religion.

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

19th Century U.S. Newspapers is a full-text database of ca. 500 urban and rural U.S. newspapers, published between 1800 and 1899. It contains approximately 1.7 million pages of content, which can be viewed as articles or full-page images.

Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800)

Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century. It provides the reader with a first hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers...

Proquest Black Studies

Proquest Black Studies combines primary and secondary sources, including leading Black Historical Newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and...

San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)

The San Francisco Chronicle has been one of the leading newspapers in America since its founding in 1865. Its pages provide a record of westward expansion, including completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Klondike gold rush, and the 1906 San...

Sunday Times Digital Archive

Since 1822, The Sunday Times has provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's news and society at large. Murder, theatre, sport and politics- all collide in its pages in an abundance of glorious narrative detail. Coverage:1821 -2006

Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University)

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive database is the guide to the collection of network television news programs at Vanderbilt University. Online video is available for CNN news broadcasts from October 1995 to the present. Requires recent version of...