Research Guides: Art History: E-Newspapers

E-Journals & E-Newspapers @ UD

For a searchable list of online journals and newspapers available at UD:

E-Journals A-Z

Current Newspapers

Newspapers: A Research Guide

New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new window
This subscription allows you to simply go to nytimes.com and log in using an individual account. You can also use that account to access the New York Times app.

How to get an account: 1. Go to accessnyt.com 2. Search for and click the listing for “University of Delaware”. 3. Follow the steps based on whether you are on or off-campus. 4. Attention Chrome users! You may receive a security warning. Please go ahead and click ignore!

Important note: If you already have an NYTmes.com account, you will need to log out of your personal account (if registered via a non-UD email address), or cancel your subscription (if registered via a UD email address) before authenticating through the library's subscription.
Washington Post Online This link opens in a new window
Digital edition of The Washington Post. (Coverage: 2005 --) Learn more about this newspaper & how to access older issues.
ProQuest Recent Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Recent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires & news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Australia.
(Coverage: 1980 --)
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text information from news, business, & legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations & more.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.

U.S. Newspaper Archives

America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized American newspapers
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A cross-section of newspapers covering political party newspapers at the beginning of the 19th c. to the large dailies that shaped the nation at the centurys end. Mammoth newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, womens rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other select groups. (Coverage: 1800-1900)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Gale Primary Sources: Newspapers This link opens in a new window
An integrated platform that combines Gales digital newspaper archives into a single cross-searchable interface to enhance the ability to discover primary source documents from multiple collections. Over 20 collections are available to University of Delaware users on this platform. (Coverage: 17th - 21st centuries)
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Historical resources from 18th & 19th century America. Includes eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, & genealogical records. (Coverage: approximately 1726-1902)
Includes the following:
- American County Histories to 1900
- Anatomy of Protest in America
- The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective(November 1860-April 1865)
- Godey’s Lady’s Book ([1830-1898)
- The Lily (1849-1856)
- The Pennsylvania Gazette([1728-1800)
- The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County (1809-1870)
- The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County (1819-1870)
- South Carolina Newspapers (1732-1780)
- Virginia Gazette (1736-1780)
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Open Access. Search America's historic newspapers or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published from 1690-present.
(Coverage: 1770-1963)
Newspapers.com World Collection (Library Edition) This link opens in a new window
Over 3,000 regional and local newspapers in the U.S. and other countries. (Coverage: early 1700s - early 2000s)
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
African American U.S. newspapers from the 19th & 20th century
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to 6 major U.S. newspapers, 1 regional U.S. newspaper, 1 international newspaper & 7 Black newspapers from the U.S. (Coverage: 19th & 20th centuries) More information & title list.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Primary source content essential to the study of American history & African-American culture, history, politics, & the arts. Each newspaper provides access to perspectives & information that was excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources. (Coverage: late-19th to mid-21st centuries)
Titles included:
- The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
  The most widely circulated black newspaper on the Atlantic coast. It was the first Black newspaper to have correspondents reporting on World War II, foreign correspondents, and female sports correspondents.
- Chicago Defender (1910-2010)
  A leading African-American newspaper, with more than two-thirds of its readership outside Chicago.
- Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
  The oldest and largest Black newspaper in the western United States and the largest African American owned newspaper in the U.S.
- New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
  The leading Black newspaper of the 20th century reached its peak in the 1940s. The Amsterdam News was a strong advocate for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and also covered the historically important Harlem Renaissance.
- Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003)
  As a southern black newspaper, the Norfolk Journal and Guide did not have the same freedoms as northern black newspapers and thus did not aggressively or openly denounce social and racial injustices. Because of its more moderate position the Guide was able to procure advertisements from nationally owned white businesses. It was also the only black newspaper that provided on-the-scene, day-to-day coverage of the Scottsboro trial in the 1930s.
- The Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
  The oldest continuously published Black newspaper, is dedicated to the needs and concerns of the fourth largest black community in the U.S. During the 1930s the paper supported the growth of the United Way, rallied against the riots in Chester, PA, and continuously fought against segregation.
- Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010)
  One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Pittsburgh Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Pittsburgh Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full pages & article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue.
(Coverage: 1851-4 years ago) Learn more about this database.

British and Commonwealth Newspaper Archives

Gale Primary Sources: Newspapers This link opens in a new window
An integrated platform that combines Gales digital newspaper archives into a single cross-searchable interface to enhance the ability to discover primary source documents from multiple collections. Over 20 collections are available to University of Delaware users on this platform. (Coverage: 17th - 21st centuries)
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text, searchable archive of newspapers and news pamphlets from the United Kingdom. Collected by the Reverend Charles Burney, this collection represents the largest single archive of 17th & 18th century news media available from the British Library. (Coverage: 1603 - early 1800s)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
John Nichols (17451826) began collecting newspapers around 1778 & made them available to scholars, a tradition continued by the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. The collection contains over 150,000 pages of printed text, spanning nearly 100 years of history. Essential to the study of British history & culture in crucial periods, & featuring many rare news media resources. (Coverage: 1672-1737)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
National and regional newspapers published in the UK and Ireland between the mid-18th and mid-20th centuries. (Coverage: 1732-1950)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2016 This link opens in a new window
Complete run of the newspaper up to 2016, including all supplements. (Coverage: 1822-2016)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Times of India This link opens in a new window
Full digital edition of the newspaper.

Originally founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India. Today the paper serves researchers interested in colonialism & post-colonialism, British & world history, class & gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, international economics & more. (Coverage:1838-August 20, 2010)