Primary Sources

Newspapers.com World Collection is an online database of 10,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. It contains a diverse blend of full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to local newspapers in the United States and other English-speaking countries. It provides greater opportunities for longitudinal and comparative analysis of historical events and people.

Provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1923. Subjects include: culture and the arts and literature, music, religion, women's studies,history, science, and more. For a complete list of the American periodicals included in these collections, please consult this webpage.
Access to this collection is also available via the EBSCO platform. Please be aware that EBSCO only provides access to 5 series.

Searchable full text content of major African-American newspapers published during the 1800s with specific emphasis on New York, and East Coast African American history, as well as Canadian history. Covers many aspects of 19th century cultural life and history and contains original source materials written by African-Americans for African-Americans. The more complete microfilm versions of some of these newspapers are held by the UA Libraries.

Digital editions of more than 2,400 news sources nationwide, including the Albany Times.

Covers scholarly and popular Black Studies journals, including full text for many titles. It also includes the full text backfile of major black newspapers.

The California Digital Newspaper Collection contains over 600,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846-1922, including the first California newspaper, the Californian, and the first daily California newspaper, the Daily Alta California.

Digital access to historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963. You can also access information about where to locate American newspapers published between 1690-present

"A searchable repository of historic newspapers published in New York State and the United States between 1795 and 2007, frequently updated. Also includes a handful of international newspapers. FultonSearch offers an alternative interface to FultonHistory.com, pointing to files hosted and indexed there."

Limit by "Newspaper" only under the "Original Format" menu. You can do this not only in the "Advanced Full-text Search" interface but also in the catalog version where you can search by an specific title.

"HRVH Historical Newspapers provides access to digitized copies of historical newspapers from the Hudson River Valley region of New York State."

Provides access to news national and international sources.

Newspapers.com World Collection is an online database of 10,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. It contains a diverse blend of full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to local newspapers in the United States and other English-speaking countries. It provides greater opportunities for longitudinal and comparative analysis of historical events and people.

Provides full text of national and international newspapers
Also includest television and radio news transcripts from CBS news, CNN, CNN international, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Selective full text for some U.S. regional newspapers.

A collection of major New York State newspapers, available in full-text.

Full-text searchable database of primary sources consisting of more than 500 newspapers and 1.8 million pages. Every aspect of society and every region of the nation is found in the archive. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests.

"Provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history."

Full text (page images) for the Boston Globe (1872-1982) and New York Times (1851-2011)

Indexes articles in the popular press. Includes citations to approximately 3 million articles from 375 leading magazines. Includes full text to the publications that the library subscribes to.

Digitized copies of 19th American journals, including the Atlantic Monthly, Scribners, and Scientific American.

This site provides digitized runs of three 18th century British journals (Gentleman's Magazine, The Annual Register, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society), and three 19th century British journals (Notes and Queries, The Builder, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine).