Electronic Newspaper Resources
Newspaper Databases | U.S. Newspapers | International Newspapers | Newspaper Indexes
This page provides a selection of historical newspaper resources. At the top of the page, is a list that links to newspapers and databases that are available online through Ellis Library subscriptions. In addition, the tables below provide links to resources that are freely available to the general public.
- Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete provides full-text for more than 8,600 periodicals, including more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals. It also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals.. To search for newspapers only, select "Newspaper" under publication type.
- C19 - Nineteenth Century Index draws on the strength of established indexes such as the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index and Periodicals Index Online to create integrated bibliographic coverage of over 1.3 million books and official publications, 61,647 archival collections and 15.5 million articles published in over 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers. Full-text is not available.
- Chronicling America, Early American Newspapers (Currently covering selected newspapers from Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia, and Washington D.C. 1900-1910 available now, with plans to expand dates from 1836-1922).
- Columbia Missourian online edition provides full-text access to articles published in the Missourian from 2002-present.
- Factiva provides access to current issues and an archive of over 8,000 publications from around the globe. Search for newspapers by selecting "Source", then "Newspapers: All". This may also be broken down by continent, region, or country, then selecting a specific newspaper. Full-text available.
- Historic Missouri Newspaper Project provides searchable full-images of 14 Missouri newspapers. Coverage dates vary.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe offers access to the fulltext of current and back issues of major newspapers, journals, newsletters, and news sources from around the world. This source is full-text. Use "Quick News Search" for any newspaper articles about a topic, or the "Guided News Search" for articles in a specific newspaper.
- NewsBank, a searchable full-text database, indexes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1989, the Kansas City Star from 1991, and other selected newspapers from Missouri and around the nation.
- Paper of Record is a free Internet site (registration required) providing searchable full text versions of hundreds of historical newspapers from around the world.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers digitally reproduces every issue of the New York Times and the Chicago Defender (1910-1975) from cover-to-cover. There is a short gap between this database's coverage and the most current issues. Coverage during this gap can be found in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. It provides full page-image and full-text searching of these newspapers. To limit results by date, see these instructions.
- ProQuest Newsstand contains over 850 newspapers with access to 575 full-text titles. With titles like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and major regionals like the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and the Boston Globe, users can also find access to international, national, and regional news. Coverage: 1980's to present.
- Regional Business News provides comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications. It incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
U.S. Electronic Newspapers*
Newspaper |
Date |
Notes |
| California | ||
1880-1890 |
San Francisco newspaper. |
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1900-1910 |
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| Colorado | ||
1859-1923 |
Over 100 newspapers online. Browse by issue or search all titles |
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| Florida | ||
1900-1910 |
The DeSoto County News (Arcadia), The Florida Agriculturalist (DeLand), Gainesville Daily Sun (Gainesville), The New Enterprise (Madison), The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola), The Punta Gorda Herald (Punta Gorda). |
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| Georgia | ||
1828-1833 |
The first American Indian newspaper. |
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1876 |
African American newspaper based in Savannah. |
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1878-1887 |
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| Hawaii | ||
1834-1948 |
Over 40 Hawaiian and English language newspapers. Partial runs. |
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1861-1927 |
16 Hawaiian language newspapers online. Partial runs. |
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| Illinois | ||
1914-1930 |
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| Kentucky | ||
1886-1910 |
Adair County News, Bluegrass Blade, Bourbon News, Central Record |
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| Maryland | ||
1902-1978 |
Free registration required. Partial run. |
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1856-1857 |
Cambridge newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1830-1903 |
Free registration required. Partial run. |
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1937-1947 |
Free registration required. |
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| Massachusetts | ||
1873- |
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| Minnesota | ||
1855, 1857, 1860-1946 |
Winona Argus, Winona Daily Republican, and Winona Republican-Herald |
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| Missouri | ||
1836-1987 |
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1966-1985 |
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1886-2003 |
Free registration required. |
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| New Hampshire | ||
1895-1897 |
North Conway newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| New Jersey | ||
1860-1923 |
Non-searchable PDF files. Browsable by date. |
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| New York | ||
1841-1902 |
Extensive national and international coverage. |
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1838-1840 |
New York City newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1843 |
New York City newspaper. Free registration required. |
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1827-1829 |
America's first African American newspaper. Based in New York City. |
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1900-1910 |
New York City newspaper. |
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1851-2003 |
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1811-2004 |
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1839-1892 |
The Corrector, The Long Islander, The Long Island Traveler, The Port Jefferson Echo, and The South Side Signal. |
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1841-1842 |
Rochester newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| Ohio | ||
1859-67 |
Cincinnati newspaper. Free registration required. |
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| Pennsylvania | ||
1843-1851 |
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1887-1976 |
Penn State's student newspaper |
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1830-1950 |
Lancaster County newspapers: The Lancaster Examiner & Herald, The Columbia Spy, The Intelligencer Journal, The New Holland Clarion, and The Lancaster Farmer |
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1859-1867 |
Republican Newspaper. Excerpts. |
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1889-1931 |
Free registration required. |
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1847-1874 |
Newspapers of Bellefonte, Chambersburg, Columbia, Erie, Gettysburg, Huntingdon, Philadelphia, Reading, Waynesboro and Wellsboro. |
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1790-1870 |
Various newspapers from Pennsylvania counties. Not all titles cover the entire date period. |
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| Tennessee | ||
1893 |
Free registration required |
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| Utah | ||
1900-1910 |
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1850-1969 |
Over 40 newspapers including the Deseret News. |
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| Virginia | ||
1859-1870 |
Democratic newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1947 |
Free registration required. |
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1860-1865 |
Widely read newspaper in Richmond during the Civil War. |
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1900-1910 |
Whig newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1857-1870 |
Whig newspaper in Augusta County. Excerpts. |
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1865-1870 |
Augusta County newspaper. Excerpts. |
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1736-1780 |
Williamsburg, VA. newspaper. |
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| Washington D.C. | ||
1900-1910 |
The Colored American, The Evening Times, The Hatchet, The National Forum, The Suburban Citizen, The Sunday Globe, Sunday Morning Globe, Sunday Washington Globe, The Washington Bee, The Washington Herald, Washington Sentinel, Washington Times, Washington Weekly Post, The Weekly News (Anacostia). |
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1847-1860 |
African American newspaper. |
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1888-1929 |
Popular national newspaper among the deaf population, published by the New Jersey school for the Deaf. |
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1918-1919 |
Paper published by the U.S. Army for its forces stationed in France. |
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| Washington State | ||
1852-1886 |
Newspapers from Seattle, Olympia, Spokane, and Walla Walla. Requires DjVu plug in. |
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| Wisconsin | ||
1860-1940 |
Over 16,000 articles about biographical and local subjects excerpted from many newspapers. |
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International Electronic Newspapers*
| Australia | ||
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| 1840-1845 | Includes periodicals from Australia, as well as London-published periodicals of relevance to Australia. | |
| 1840-1902 | Free registration required. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| Austria | ||
| 19th and 20th centuries | Over 60 historical newspapers of Austria, digitized by the Austrian National Library. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| Canada | ||
| 1885-2001 | Enormous collection, but not searchable across issues or titles. | |
| 1939-1945 | Collection of article clippings about WWII published in Canadian newspapers. | |
| 1844-2002 | "Canada's National Newspaper." | |
| 1752-2001 | Large collection of over 100 major and local Canadian newspapers. Free registration required. | |
| 1810-2007 | This collection contains a variety of newspapers from Ontario, Canada. The collection includes Provincial Freeman, an African-American paper published in Chatham, Canada West (now Ontario) | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| New Zealand | ||
| 19th century | 41 newspapers and periodicals from 19th century New Zealand. | |
| 1842-1932 | A collection of Māori and English language historic newspapers published primarily for a Māori audience between 1842 and 1932. | |
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| United Kingdom | ||
| 1800-1900 | A searchable database of newspapers from throughout the United Kingdom. | |
| 1861-1865 | ||
Historical Newspaper Indexes*
| Newspaper | Date | Notes |
| 1868-1929 | ||
| 1852-1984 | ||
| 1860-1940 | ||
| 1885-1977 | ||
| 1764-1984 | ||
| 1817-1950 | ||
| 1894-2004 | ||
| 1877-1986 |